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Top Birds at Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 147 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) in January. 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   Bufflehead 31.8% 86.4% 54.6%
2   Mallard 48.9% 75.5% 26.6%
3   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 70.1% 18.1%
4   Mute Swan 14.3% 65.3% 51.0%
5   Red-tailed Hawk 21.7% 61.9% 40.2%
6   American Crow 18.1% 61.2% 43.1%
7   Blue Jay 33.8% 57.8% 24.0%
8   Herring Gull 43.3% 53.1% 9.8%
9   Common Loon 10.6% 49.7% 39.1%
10   Black-capped Chickadee 21.9% 47.6% 25.7%
11   Common Merganser 6.6% 45.6% 39.0%
12   Bald Eagle 5.1% 44.2% 39.1%
13   Dark-eyed Junco 15.8% 42.2% 26.4%
14   Turkey Vulture 4.7% 40.8% 36.1%
15   Song Sparrow 32.2% 39.5% 7.3%
16   White-throated Sparrow 42.1% 38.8% 3.4%
17   Hooded Merganser 19.4% 38.1% 18.6%
18   Belted Kingfisher 6.8% 38.1% 31.3%
19   Canada Goose 53.5% 36.7% 16.8%
20   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 36.1% 0.6%
21   American Black Duck 27.8% 33.3% 5.5%
22   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.7% 33.3% 8.6%
23   American Goldfinch 13.2% 30.6% 17.4%
24   Downy Woodpecker 27.1% 29.3% 2.1%
25   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.2% 29.3% 11.0%
26   Tufted Titmouse 19.6% 28.6% 9.0%
27   Ring-necked Duck 4.5% 28.6% 24.1%
28   Pied-billed Grebe 4.5% 27.2% 22.7%
29   American Robin 24.9% 20.4% 4.5%
30   Wood Duck 4.2% 19.7% 15.5%
31   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 17.0% 6.6%
32   Carolina Wren 15.1% 16.3% 1.2%
33   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 16.3% 8.5%
34   European Starling 36.0% 12.9% 23.1%
35   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 12.2% 2.5%
36   Northern Flicker 6.9% 12.2% 5.3%
37   Common Raven 3.9% 12.2% 8.4%
38   House Sparrow 35.7% 11.6% 24.2%
39   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 11.6% 5.0%
40   Common Goldeneye 7.0% 11.6% 4.6%
41   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 10.9% 5.7%
42   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 10.9% 5.8%
43   Pileated Woodpecker 1.0% 10.9% 9.9%
44   Eastern Bluebird 0.6% 10.9% 10.2%
45   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.5% 9.5% 4.0%
46   Winter Wren 3.2% 9.5% 6.3%
47   Mourning Dove 29.4% 8.8% 20.5%
48   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 8.8% 5.0%
49   Greater Scaup 9.9% 8.8% 1.0%
50   Great Black-backed Gull 31.7% 7.5% 24.2%
51   Rock Pigeon 28.9% 6.8% 22.1%
52   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.4% 6.8% 5.4%
53   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 5.4% 3.7%
54   Gadwall 16.7% 4.8% 12.0%
55   Fish Crow 5.0% 4.8% 0.2%
56   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 4.8% 0.1%
57   Brown Creeper 3.7% 4.8% 1.1%
58   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.6% 4.8% 2.2%
59   Redhead 2.4% 4.8% 2.4%
60   Wild Turkey 1.3% 4.8% 3.5%
61   Green-winged Teal 4.4% 4.1% 0.3%
62   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 4.1% 2.2%
63   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.6% 4.1% 3.5%
64   House Finch 13.5% 3.4% 10.1%
65   Long-tailed Duck 9.2% 3.4% 5.8%
66   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 3.4% 5.0%
67   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 3.4% 3.9%
68   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 3.4% 3.2%
69   Great Cormorant 4.8% 3.4% 1.4%
70   Canvasback 3.1% 3.4% 0.3%
71   Gray Catbird 2.6% 2.7% 0.1%
72   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 2.7% 0.4%
73   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 2.7% 2.2%
74   Northern Shoveler 16.0% 2.0% 14.0%
75   Horned Grebe 7.3% 2.0% 5.2%
76   Northern Pintail 3.6% 2.0% 1.5%
77   Field Sparrow 1.2% 2.0% 0.8%
78   American Pipit 0.7% 2.0% 1.4%
79   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 1.4% 18.0%
80   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 1.4% 0.6%
81   Merlin 1.9% 1.4% 0.6%
82   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 0.7% 6.2%
83   Common Grackle 5.2% 0.7% 4.5%
84   Northern Harrier 4.2% 0.7% 3.5%
85   Black Vulture 1.4% 0.7% 0.7%
86   Barred Owl 0.7% 0.7% 0.0%
87   Eastern Phoebe 0.3% 0.7% 0.4%