Top Birds at Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States
based on 80 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) in August. 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.
| Evidence | Sampling | Score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Links | Species | Media | Years | Birders | Hits | Frequency | Percentile | |
| 1 | Double-crested Cormorant | 0 | 9 | 15 | 59 | 73.8% | 89% | ||
| 2 | Mallard | 0 | 8 | 16 | 59 | 73.8% | 93% | ||
| 3 | Ring-billed Gull | 0 | 8 | 11 | 59 | 73.8% | 95% | ||
| 4 | Osprey | 0 | 9 | 15 | 58 | 72.5% | 94% | ||
| 5 | Barn Swallow | 0 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 63.7% | 94% | ||
| 6 | American Goldfinch | 0 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 58.8% | 88% | ||
| 7 | Great Blue Heron | 0 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 57.5% | 89% | ||
| 8 | Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 53.8% | 99% | ||
| 9 | Belted Kingfisher | 1 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 53.8% | 100% | ||
| 10 | American Herring Gull | 0 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 51.2% | 75% | ||
| 11 | Blue Jay | 0 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 48.8% | 74% | ||
| 12 | Gray Catbird | 0 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 46.2% | 68% | ||
| 13 | Eastern Kingbird | 0 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 46.2% | 96% | ||
| 14 | Bald Eagle | 0 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 43.8% | 99% | ||
| 15 | Mute Swan | 0 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 40.0% | 88% | ||
| 16 | American Robin | 0 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 38.8% | 57% | ||
| 17 | Cedar Waxwing | 1 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 37.5% | 93% | ||
| 18 | Song Sparrow | 0 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 35.0% | 71% | ||
| 19 | Mourning Dove | 0 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 33.8% | 54% | ||
| 20 | Northern Flicker | 0 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 33.8% | 77% | ||
| 21 | Wood Duck | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 30.0% | 80% | ||
| 22 | Spotted Sandpiper | 0 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 27.5% | 81% | ||
| 23 | Great Egret | 0 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 26.2% | 56% | ||
| 24 | Northern Yellow Warbler | 0 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 26.2% | 83% | ||
| 25 | Turkey Vulture | 0 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 26.2% | 89% | ||
| 26 | Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 25.0% | 95% | ||
| 27 | Common Grackle | 0 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22.5% | 61% | ||
| 28 | Northern Mockingbird | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 21.2% | 54% | ||
| 29 | Downy Woodpecker | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 18.8% | 58% | ||
| 30 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 18.8% | 54% | ||
| 31 | House Sparrow | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 17.5% | 28% | ||
| 32 | Black-capped Chickadee | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16.2% | 67% | ||
| 33 | Tufted Titmouse | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 16.2% | 65% | ||
| 34 | Cliff Swallow | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15.0% | 95% | ||
| 35 | Northern Cardinal | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 13.8% | 25% | ||
| 36 | Tree Swallow | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13.8% | 66% | ||
| 37 | Canada Goose | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12.5% | 31% | ||
| 38 | American Crow | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12.5% | 63% | ||
| 39 | Green Heron | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12.5% | 64% | ||
| 40 | Pileated Woodpecker | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12.5% | 74% | ||
| 41 | Common Loon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12.5% | 91% | ||
| 42 | Red-winged Blackbird | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11.2% | 39% | ||
| 43 | Great Black-backed Gull | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11.2% | 27% | ||
| 44 | Carolina Wren | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11.2% | 34% | ||
| 45 | Chimney Swift | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11.2% | 41% | ||
| 46 | European Starling | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10.0% | 15% | ||
| 47 | Red-eyed Vireo | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10.0% | 60% | ||
| 48 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10.0% | 56% | ||
| 49 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10.0% | 91% | ||
| 50 | Common Nighthawk | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10.0% | 88% | ||
| 51 | Baltimore Oriole | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8.8% | 46% | ||
| 52 | Chipping Sparrow | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8.8% | 60% | ||
| 53 | Eastern Phoebe | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8.8% | 75% | ||
| 54 | American Redstart | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7.5% | 34% | ||
| 55 | House Finch | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7.5% | 41% | ||
| 56 | American Black Duck | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7.5% | 59% | ||
| 57 | Hairy Woodpecker | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7.5% | 48% | ||
| 58 | Common Raven | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6.2% | 63% | ||
| 59 | Cooper's Hawk | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6.2% | 74% | ||
| 60 | Black Tern | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6.2% | 81% | ||
| 61 | Warbling Vireo | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5.0% | 38% | ||
| 62 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5.0% | 24% | ||
| 63 | Eastern Towhee | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5.0% | 46% | ||
| 64 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5.0% | 45% | ||
| 65 | Wild Turkey | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5.0% | 40% | ||
| 66 | Bonaparte's Gull | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5.0% | 83% | ||
| 67 | Ring-necked Duck | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5.0% | 100% | ||
| 68 | Rock Pigeon | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3.8% | 5% | ||
| 69 | Common Yellowthroat | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3.8% | 17% | ||
| 70 | Forster's Tern | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.8% | 21% | ||
| 71 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.8% | 36% | ||
| 72 | Bank Swallow | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3.8% | 43% | ||
| 73 | Great Horned Owl | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3.8% | 63% | ||
| 74 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.5% | 14% | ||
| 75 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.5% | 17% | ||
| 76 | Black Vulture | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.5% | 32% | ||
| 77 | Pied-billed Grebe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.5% | 56% | ||
| 78 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.5% | 46% | ||
| 79 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.5% | 83% | ||
| 80 | Laughing Gull | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 1% | ||
| 81 | Snowy Egret | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 3% | ||
| 82 | Common Tern | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.2% | 4% | ||
| 83 | Black-and-white Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 2% | ||
| 84 | House Wren | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 2% | ||
| 85 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 5% | ||
| 86 | Willow Flycatcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 8% | ||
| 87 | American Kestrel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 8% | ||
| 88 | Blue-winged Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 13% | ||
| 89 | Least Flycatcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 12% | ||
| 90 | Bobolink | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 13% | ||
| 91 | Green-winged Teal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 26% | ||
| 92 | Scarlet Tanager | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.2% | 19% | ||
| 93 | Prairie Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 14% | ||
| 94 | Merlin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 38% | ||
| 95 | Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 27% | ||
| 96 | Eastern Bluebird | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 22% | ||
| 97 | Hooded Merganser | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 37% | ||
| 98 | Blackpoll Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 71% | ||
| 99 | Horned Grebe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2% | 100% | ||