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Top Birds at Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path in February
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 33 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path in February. 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   Herring Gull 42.3% 45.5% 3.2%
2   Ring-billed Gull 51.5% 42.4% 9.1%
3   American Black Duck 27.3% 42.4% 15.2%
4   Canada Goose 55.7% 39.4% 16.3%
5   Bufflehead 32.2% 39.4% 7.2%
6   Great Black-backed Gull 30.3% 36.4% 6.0%
7   Red-breasted Merganser 20.1% 36.4% 16.3%
8   Long-tailed Duck 7.8% 36.4% 28.6%
9   Brant 20.8% 33.3% 12.6%
10   Song Sparrow 34.5% 30.3% 4.2%
11   Common Goldeneye 7.3% 30.3% 23.0%
12   Mallard 50.4% 21.2% 29.2%
13   European Starling 38.5% 18.2% 20.3%
14   American Robin 30.1% 18.2% 11.9%
15   Horned Grebe 8.3% 18.2% 9.9%
16   Turkey Vulture 6.4% 18.2% 11.8%
17   Yellow-rumped Warbler 5.0% 18.2% 13.2%
18   Black Vulture 1.5% 18.2% 16.7%
19   Rock Pigeon 28.3% 15.2% 13.2%
20   Northern Mockingbird 23.9% 15.2% 8.7%
21   Dark-eyed Junco 16.4% 15.2% 1.2%
22   Common Loon 9.1% 15.2% 6.0%
23   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 12.1% 27.9%
24   American Crow 21.0% 12.1% 8.9%
25   Carolina Wren 15.5% 12.1% 3.4%
26   Black Scoter 2.4% 12.1% 9.7%
27   Cedar Waxwing 2.2% 12.1% 9.9%
28   Brown-headed Cowbird 2.0% 12.1% 10.1%
29   Downy Woodpecker 27.7% 9.1% 18.6%
30   Red-winged Blackbird 18.8% 9.1% 9.7%
31   Fish Crow 6.9% 9.1% 2.2%
32   Horned Lark 2.3% 9.1% 6.8%
33   White-winged Scoter 1.5% 9.1% 7.6%
34   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.9% 9.1% 8.2%
35   Bonaparte's Gull 0.7% 9.1% 8.4%
36   White-throated Sparrow 40.3% 6.1% 34.3%
37   Mourning Dove 32.1% 6.1% 26.0%
38   Tufted Titmouse 21.1% 6.1% 15.0%
39   Hooded Merganser 19.4% 6.1% 13.4%
40   Ruddy Duck 15.5% 6.1% 9.4%
41   House Finch 13.7% 6.1% 7.6%
42   Red-throated Loon 7.6% 6.1% 1.6%
43   Snow Bunting 1.3% 6.1% 4.8%
44   Northern Gannet 1.2% 6.1% 4.8%
45   Iceland Gull 1.1% 6.1% 4.9%
46   House Sparrow 39.4% 3.0% 36.4%
47   Northern Shoveler 16.5% 3.0% 13.4%
48   Mute Swan 15.4% 3.0% 12.4%
49   Common Grackle 13.5% 3.0% 10.5%
50   American Goldfinch 12.2% 3.0% 9.2%
51   Double-crested Cormorant 11.5% 3.0% 8.5%
52   Great Blue Heron 11.4% 3.0% 8.4%
53   American Coot 10.6% 3.0% 7.6%
54   Greater Scaup 9.8% 3.0% 6.7%
55   American Tree Sparrow 7.7% 3.0% 4.7%
56   Cooper's Hawk 7.5% 3.0% 4.5%
57   American Wigeon 7.5% 3.0% 4.4%
58   Northern Flicker 6.3% 3.0% 3.3%
59   Ring-necked Duck 5.7% 3.0% 2.6%
60   Belted Kingfisher 5.4% 3.0% 2.4%
61   Peregrine Falcon 5.0% 3.0% 2.0%
62   Green-winged Teal 4.9% 3.0% 1.9%
63   Northern Harrier 4.9% 3.0% 1.9%
64   Lesser Scaup 4.8% 3.0% 1.8%
65   Killdeer 3.9% 3.0% 0.9%
66   Pied-billed Grebe 3.8% 3.0% 0.8%
67   Northern Pintail 3.7% 3.0% 0.7%
68   Swamp Sparrow 3.4% 3.0% 0.3%
69   Snow Goose 2.6% 3.0% 0.4%
70   Surf Scoter 2.2% 3.0% 0.8%
71   Merlin 2.1% 3.0% 1.0%
72   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 3.0% 1.2%
73   Eastern Towhee 1.6% 3.0% 1.4%
74   Savannah Sparrow 1.3% 3.0% 1.7%
75   Red-necked Grebe 1.1% 3.0% 1.9%
76   American Woodcock 1.1% 3.0% 2.0%
77   Chipping Sparrow 0.6% 3.0% 2.4%
78   Bohemian Waxwing 0.2% 3.0% 2.8%
79   Ash-throated Flycatcher 0.0% 3.0% 3.0%