Top Birds at Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 148 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) in December. 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bufflehead | 28.0% | 85.8% | 57.8% | |||
| 2 | Mallard | 48.2% | 75.7% | 27.4% | |||
| 3 | Ring-billed Gull | 49.6% | 72.3% | 22.7% | |||
| 4 | Mute Swan | 13.8% | 66.2% | 52.4% | |||
| 5 | Red-tailed Hawk | 24.5% | 60.8% | 36.3% | |||
| 6 | Blue Jay | 39.8% | 60.1% | 20.4% | |||
| 7 | Common Loon | 8.9% | 55.4% | 46.5% | |||
| 8 | Herring Gull | 41.9% | 51.4% | 9.5% | |||
| 9 | American Crow | 20.5% | 50.0% | 29.5% | |||
| 10 | Bald Eagle | 4.7% | 45.3% | 40.6% | |||
| 11 | Ring-necked Duck | 3.8% | 43.9% | 40.1% | |||
| 12 | Black-capped Chickadee | 24.3% | 42.6% | 18.3% | |||
| 13 | Turkey Vulture | 5.3% | 39.2% | 33.9% | |||
| 14 | Canada Goose | 51.6% | 37.2% | 14.5% | |||
| 15 | Belted Kingfisher | 9.5% | 36.5% | 27.0% | |||
| 16 | Common Merganser | 4.8% | 36.5% | 31.7% | |||
| 17 | White-throated Sparrow | 48.7% | 35.8% | 12.9% | |||
| 18 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 28.6% | 34.5% | 5.8% | |||
| 19 | Dark-eyed Junco | 23.2% | 33.1% | 9.9% | |||
| 20 | American Goldfinch | 20.4% | 33.1% | 12.7% | |||
| 21 | Song Sparrow | 37.1% | 32.4% | 4.6% | |||
| 22 | Northern Cardinal | 40.1% | 29.7% | 10.3% | |||
| 23 | American Black Duck | 26.7% | 29.7% | 3.1% | |||
| 24 | Hooded Merganser | 18.8% | 28.4% | 9.6% | |||
| 25 | American Robin | 29.6% | 27.7% | 1.9% | |||
| 26 | Wood Duck | 3.7% | 27.7% | 24.0% | |||
| 27 | Downy Woodpecker | 30.7% | 25.0% | 5.7% | |||
| 28 | Tufted Titmouse | 21.3% | 25.0% | 3.7% | |||
| 29 | Pied-billed Grebe | 5.3% | 20.9% | 15.6% | |||
| 30 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 20.0% | 15.5% | 4.4% | |||
| 31 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.8% | 15.5% | 9.8% | |||
| 32 | Great Blue Heron | 20.2% | 14.9% | 5.4% | |||
| 33 | Double-crested Cormorant | 17.9% | 14.9% | 3.1% | |||
| 34 | Common Raven | 4.5% | 14.9% | 10.4% | |||
| 35 | Hairy Woodpecker | 9.2% | 14.2% | 5.0% | |||
| 36 | Lesser Scaup | 3.6% | 14.2% | 10.6% | |||
| 37 | European Starling | 39.0% | 13.5% | 25.4% | |||
| 38 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 8.3% | 13.5% | 5.2% | |||
| 39 | Pileated Woodpecker | 1.3% | 13.5% | 12.2% | |||
| 40 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3.2% | 12.2% | 8.9% | |||
| 41 | Carolina Wren | 18.8% | 11.5% | 7.3% | |||
| 42 | Winter Wren | 4.9% | 10.8% | 5.9% | |||
| 43 | Ruddy Duck | 15.6% | 10.1% | 5.4% | |||
| 44 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 1.8% | 10.1% | 8.3% | |||
| 45 | Northern Flicker | 11.0% | 9.5% | 1.5% | |||
| 46 | Greater Scaup | 6.8% | 8.8% | 2.0% | |||
| 47 | Common Goldeneye | 3.8% | 8.1% | 4.3% | |||
| 48 | Northern Mockingbird | 28.4% | 7.4% | 21.0% | |||
| 49 | Cedar Waxwing | 3.6% | 7.4% | 3.8% | |||
| 50 | Mourning Dove | 36.2% | 6.8% | 29.5% | |||
| 51 | Swamp Sparrow | 7.6% | 6.8% | 0.9% | |||
| 52 | Fish Crow | 5.2% | 6.8% | 1.6% | |||
| 53 | Rock Pigeon | 30.8% | 6.1% | 24.7% | |||
| 54 | Gadwall | 15.2% | 6.1% | 9.2% | |||
| 55 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 4.3% | 6.1% | 1.8% | |||
| 56 | Cooper's Hawk | 10.8% | 5.4% | 5.4% | |||
| 57 | Eastern Bluebird | 1.0% | 5.4% | 4.4% | |||
| 58 | House Sparrow | 38.6% | 4.7% | 33.8% | |||
| 59 | Wild Turkey | 1.4% | 4.7% | 3.3% | |||
| 60 | Merlin | 2.3% | 4.1% | 1.7% | |||
| 61 | American Pipit | 1.0% | 4.1% | 3.1% | |||
| 62 | Great Black-backed Gull | 29.5% | 3.4% | 26.1% | |||
| 63 | Snow Goose | 2.2% | 3.4% | 1.2% | |||
| 64 | American Coot | 10.4% | 2.7% | 7.7% | |||
| 65 | Horned Lark | 2.7% | 2.7% | 0.0% | |||
| 66 | Snow Bunting | 2.0% | 2.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 67 | Red-necked Grebe | 0.5% | 2.7% | 2.2% | |||
| 68 | Fox Sparrow | 9.8% | 2.0% | 7.7% | |||
| 69 | Red-winged Blackbird | 9.2% | 2.0% | 7.2% | |||
| 70 | American Wigeon | 6.2% | 2.0% | 4.2% | |||
| 71 | Brown Creeper | 4.1% | 2.0% | 2.1% | |||
| 72 | Gray Catbird | 4.0% | 2.0% | 1.9% | |||
| 73 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2.6% | 2.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 74 | Eastern Towhee | 2.6% | 2.0% | 0.5% | |||
| 75 | Eastern Screech-Owl | 0.5% | 2.0% | 1.5% | |||
| 76 | Common Grackle | 5.5% | 1.4% | 4.2% | |||
| 77 | Northern Harrier | 5.0% | 1.4% | 3.6% | |||
| 78 | Great Horned Owl | 2.4% | 1.4% | 1.1% | |||
| 79 | Field Sparrow | 1.9% | 1.4% | 0.5% | |||
| 80 | Black Vulture | 1.3% | 1.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 81 | Redhead | 1.2% | 1.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 82 | House Finch | 16.5% | 0.7% | 15.8% | |||
| 83 | American Tree Sparrow | 6.5% | 0.7% | 5.8% | |||
| 84 | Long-tailed Duck | 6.3% | 0.7% | 5.6% | |||
| 85 | American Kestrel | 5.9% | 0.7% | 5.3% | |||
| 86 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 5.6% | 0.7% | 5.0% | |||
| 87 | Green-winged Teal | 5.2% | 0.7% | 4.5% | |||
| 88 | Purple Finch | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 89 | Pine Siskin | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 90 | White-crowned Sparrow | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% | |||
| 91 | Eastern Phoebe | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | |||
| 92 | Tundra Swan | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 93 | Golden Eagle | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 94 | Black Swan | 0% | 0.7% | 0.7% |