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Top Birds at Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1 in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 116 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1 in May. The difference in probability relative to other nearby locations is also shown, to highlight which birds are particularly likely to be found (or not found) at this specific location. The chart shows how many distinct species have historically been observed at this location for each month of the year.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   American Robin 73.3% 63.8% 9.5%
2   House Sparrow 57.0% 61.2% 4.2%
3   Gray Catbird 65.9% 60.3% 5.6%
4   European Starling 58.4% 59.5% 1.1%
5   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 53.4% 19.4%
6   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 52.6% 17.1%
7   Common Grackle 54.9% 51.7% 3.2%
8   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 50.9% 16.6%
9   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 44.0% 9.4%
10   Barn Swallow 31.7% 44.0% 12.3%
11   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 42.2% 5.3%
12   Mourning Dove 53.4% 35.3% 18.1%
13   Mallard 49.3% 31.0% 18.3%
14   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 31.0% 8.5%
15   Brant 10.7% 31.0% 20.3%
16   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 30.2% 28.9%
17   Ovenbird 32.7% 30.2% 2.5%
18   Laughing Gull 16.9% 29.3% 12.5%
19   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 27.6% 13.3%
20   Song Sparrow 35.5% 25.0% 10.5%
21   Herring Gull 23.4% 25.0% 1.6%
22   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 22.4% 22.3%
23   American Redstart 40.4% 22.4% 18.0%
24   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 21.6% 5.2%
25   American Black Duck 5.0% 21.6% 16.5%
26   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 20.7% 22.0%
27   Canada Goose 45.1% 19.0% 26.2%
28   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 19.0% 4.3%
29   House Finch 16.0% 19.0% 2.9%
30   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 16.4% 3.1%
31   American Goldfinch 28.7% 14.7% 14.0%
32   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 14.7% 4.2%
33   Northern Parula 35.7% 13.8% 21.9%
34   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 12.9% 14.6%
35   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 12.1% 21.7%
36   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 12.1% 9.8%
37   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 11.2% 1.2%
38   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 10.3% 0.7%
39   Common Tern 5.8% 9.5% 3.7%
40   Chimney Swift 29.8% 8.6% 21.2%
41   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 8.6% 4.4%
42   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 7.8% 12.1%
43   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 7.8% 4.6%
44   Blue Jay 49.3% 6.9% 42.4%
45   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 6.9% 13.3%
46   Veery 20.1% 6.9% 13.2%
47   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 6.9% 11.4%
48   American Crow 17.7% 6.9% 10.8%
49   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 6.0% 22.0%
50   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 6.0% 10.4%
51   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 6.0% 8.2%
52   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 6.0% 0.5%
53   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 5.2% 11.1%
54   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 5.2% 8.0%
55   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 5.2% 3.7%
56   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 4.3% 27.9%
57   House Wren 26.8% 4.3% 22.4%
58   Wood Thrush 23.1% 4.3% 18.8%
59   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 4.3% 7.3%
60   Gadwall 7.0% 4.3% 2.7%
61   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 3.4% 14.3%
62   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 3.4% 7.7%
63   Green Heron 9.0% 3.4% 5.6%
64   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 3.4% 2.0%
65   Northern Flicker 29.1% 2.6% 26.5%
66   Tree Swallow 22.4% 2.6% 19.9%
67   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 2.6% 15.5%
68   Osprey 16.4% 2.6% 13.9%
69   Canada Warbler 11.7% 2.6% 9.1%
70   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 2.6% 7.6%
71   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 2.6% 6.9%
72   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 2.6% 1.1%
73   Field Sparrow 3.4% 2.6% 0.8%
74   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 2.6% 0.2%
75   Common Raven 2.5% 2.6% 0.1%
76   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 2.6% 2.1%
77   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 1.7% 36.5%
78   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 1.7% 26.4%
79   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 1.7% 21.0%
80   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 1.7% 19.1%
81   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 1.7% 7.2%
82   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 1.7% 6.8%
83   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 1.7% 1.8%
84   Great Egret 25.4% 0.9% 24.6%
85   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 0.9% 15.9%
86   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 0.9% 9.8%
87   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 0.9% 7.1%
88   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 0.9% 6.1%
89   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 0.9% 5.8%
90   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 0.9% 5.1%
91   Marsh Wren 4.6% 0.9% 3.8%
92   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 0.9% 3.8%
93   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 0.9% 3.5%
94   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 0.9% 2.1%
95   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 0.9% 1.8%
96   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 0.9% 1.0%
97   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.9% 0.8%
98   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 0.9% 0.7%
99   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.9% 0.5%
100   Red-throated Loon 1.1% 0.9% 0.2%