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Top Birds at Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 69 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform in October. 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   Yellow-rumped Warbler 49.7% 88.4% 38.7%
2   American Herring Gull 31.7% 88.4% 56.7%
3   Double-crested Cormorant 31.0% 87.0% 56.0%
4   Great Black-backed Gull 17.8% 82.6% 64.8%
5   Northern Flicker 38.1% 81.2% 43.1%
6   Osprey 11.7% 81.2% 69.5%
7   Tree Swallow 5.0% 81.2% 76.1%
8   Song Sparrow 54.9% 76.8% 21.9%
9   Merlin 7.3% 76.8% 69.5%
10   Laughing Gull 13.4% 75.4% 62.0%
11   American Kestrel 12.5% 75.4% 62.8%
12   American Robin 57.7% 73.9% 16.2%
13   Rock Pigeon 35.6% 72.5% 36.8%
14   Cooper's Hawk 14.8% 72.5% 57.7%
15   Northern Mockingbird 36.3% 69.6% 33.3%
16   Royal Tern 3.3% 69.6% 66.3%
17   European Starling 45.8% 68.1% 22.3%
18   Eastern Phoebe 36.2% 68.1% 31.9%
19   Ring-billed Gull 29.6% 68.1% 38.5%
20   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.4% 68.1% 58.7%
21   Peregrine Falcon 7.5% 66.7% 59.2%
22   Canada Goose 40.5% 65.2% 24.7%
23   Cedar Waxwing 9.6% 63.8% 54.2%
24   Eastern Towhee 20.5% 62.3% 41.9%
25   Carolina Wren 23.1% 60.9% 37.7%
26   Gray Catbird 37.3% 59.4% 22.1%
27   White-throated Sparrow 58.7% 58.0% 0.7%
28   Brant 9.0% 58.0% 49.0%
29   Northern Harrier 5.5% 58.0% 52.4%
30   Mourning Dove 45.6% 56.5% 10.9%
31   House Finch 18.0% 56.5% 38.5%
32   Forster's Tern 2.3% 56.5% 54.2%
33   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.1% 55.1% 10.0%
34   Swamp Sparrow 32.9% 53.6% 20.8%
35   Golden-crowned Kinglet 29.7% 53.6% 23.9%
36   Red-winged Blackbird 15.6% 53.6% 38.0%
37   American Oystercatcher 2.0% 53.6% 51.6%
38   Blue Jay 56.7% 50.7% 6.0%
39   Common Loon 2.1% 49.3% 47.2%
40   Downy Woodpecker 30.0% 47.8% 17.8%
41   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.5% 47.8% 42.3%
42   Black Scoter 0.7% 47.8% 47.1%
43   Northern Cardinal 45.1% 46.4% 1.3%
44   Palm Warbler 30.3% 44.9% 14.6%
45   American Crow 23.4% 43.5% 20.1%
46   American Goldfinch 23.3% 43.5% 20.2%
47   Great Blue Heron 22.2% 42.0% 19.8%
48   Northern Gannet 0.6% 42.0% 41.5%
49   Black-capped Chickadee 18.0% 37.7% 19.6%
50   Pine Warbler 6.3% 37.7% 31.4%
51   Bald Eagle 5.5% 37.7% 32.2%
52   Surf Scoter 0.7% 36.2% 35.5%
53   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.7% 34.8% 1.0%
54   Common Grackle 21.8% 34.8% 12.9%
55   House Sparrow 46.8% 31.9% 14.9%
56   Great Egret 13.9% 31.9% 18.0%
57   American Black Duck 13.4% 31.9% 18.5%
58   Black-bellied Plover 3.9% 31.9% 28.0%
59   Red-tailed Hawk 23.1% 30.4% 7.3%
60   Purple Finch 6.7% 30.4% 23.8%
61   White-winged Scoter 0.4% 30.4% 30.0%
62   Dark-eyed Junco 26.6% 29.0% 2.4%
63   Common Yellowthroat 25.4% 27.5% 2.1%
64   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.5% 27.5% 5.0%
65   Mute Swan 10.6% 27.5% 17.0%
66   Sanderling 1.5% 26.1% 24.5%
67   Black Skimmer 0.6% 26.1% 25.5%
68   Chipping Sparrow 20.5% 24.6% 4.1%
69   Eastern Meadowlark 1.7% 24.6% 22.9%
70   Mallard 38.2% 23.2% 15.0%
71   Wood Duck 9.9% 23.2% 13.3%
72   Blackpoll Warbler 9.8% 23.2% 13.4%
73   Turkey Vulture 9.7% 23.2% 13.5%
74   Chimney Swift 7.6% 23.2% 15.6%
75   Common Tern 0.4% 23.2% 22.8%
76   Killdeer 6.0% 21.7% 15.7%
77   Belted Kingfisher 12.7% 20.3% 7.6%
78   House Wren 8.9% 20.3% 11.4%
79   Green-winged Teal 6.4% 20.3% 13.9%
80   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 20.3% 19.6%
81   Hermit Thrush 24.3% 18.8% 5.4%
82   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.3% 18.8% 12.5%
83   Rusty Blackbird 1.4% 18.8% 17.4%
84   Caspian Tern 0.4% 18.8% 18.4%
85   Savannah Sparrow 18.7% 17.4% 1.3%
86   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.8% 17.4% 9.6%
87   Common Raven 6.2% 17.4% 11.2%
88   Pine Siskin 3.9% 17.4% 13.5%
89   American Pipit 2.4% 17.4% 15.0%
90   Greater Scaup 0.5% 17.4% 16.9%
91   White-breasted Nuthatch 21.6% 15.9% 5.7%
92   Field Sparrow 11.3% 14.5% 3.2%
93   Red-eyed Vireo 5.6% 14.5% 8.9%
94   Northern Parula 10.7% 13.0% 2.4%
95   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.2% 13.0% 7.8%
96   Dunlin 2.4% 13.0% 10.6%
97   Red-throated Loon 0.7% 13.0% 12.4%
98   Black-and-white Warbler 9.0% 11.6% 2.6%
99   Greater Yellowlegs 7.0% 11.6% 4.6%
100   Parasitic Jaeger 0.1% 11.6% 11.5%
101   Blue-headed Vireo 11.4% 10.1% 1.3%
102   Baltimore Oriole 1.2% 10.1% 9.0%
103   Great Horned Owl 0.6% 10.1% 9.6%
104   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.1% 8.7% 3.4%
105   Snowy Egret 5.3% 8.7% 3.4%
106   Great Cormorant 1.1% 8.7% 7.6%
107   Dickcissel 0.9% 8.7% 7.8%
108   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.7% 8.7% 8.0%
109   Cackling Goose 0.1% 8.7% 8.6%
110   Brown Pelican 0.1% 8.7% 8.6%
111   Scarlet Tanager 3.6% 7.2% 3.7%
112   American Wigeon 2.9% 7.2% 4.4%
113   Red-breasted Merganser 0.6% 7.2% 6.7%
114   Long-tailed Duck 0.1% 7.2% 7.2%
115   Gadwall 7.9% 5.8% 2.1%
116   Magnolia Warbler 7.1% 5.8% 1.3%
117   Brown Thrasher 5.1% 5.8% 0.7%
118   Indigo Bunting 4.5% 5.8% 1.3%
119   Cape May Warbler 2.5% 5.8% 3.3%
120   Tennessee Warbler 2.3% 5.8% 3.5%
121   Eastern Bluebird 1.9% 5.8% 3.9%
122   Common Nighthawk 0.8% 5.8% 5.0%
123   Ruddy Turnstone 0.4% 5.8% 5.4%
124   Common Eider 0.2% 5.8% 5.6%
125   Brown Creeper 11.2% 4.3% 6.8%
126   White-crowned Sparrow 10.2% 4.3% 5.9%
127   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.3% 4.3% 0.1%
128   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.1% 4.3% 0.3%
129   Northern Pintail 1.7% 4.3% 2.6%
130   Broad-winged Hawk 0.7% 4.3% 3.7%
131   Snow Goose 0.5% 4.3% 3.8%
132   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.5% 4.3% 3.8%
133   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 4.3% 4.0%
134   Red Knot 0.3% 4.3% 4.1%
135   Short-eared Owl 0.0% 4.3% 4.3%
136   Winter Wren 10.6% 2.9% 7.7%
137   Nashville Warbler 3.6% 2.9% 0.7%
138   Fish Crow 2.7% 2.9% 0.2%
139   Red-shouldered Hawk 2.0% 2.9% 0.9%
140   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.9% 2.9% 2.0%
141   Wilson's Snipe 0.8% 2.9% 2.1%
142   American Golden-Plover 0.7% 2.9% 2.2%
143   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 2.9% 2.6%
144   Barn Swallow 0.2% 2.9% 2.7%
145   Whimbrel 0.1% 2.9% 2.8%
146   Black Tern 0.0% 2.9% 2.9%
147   Northern Shoveler 8.8% 1.4% 7.3%
148   American Redstart 7.7% 1.4% 6.3%
149   Swainson's Thrush 7.3% 1.4% 5.8%
150   Yellow Warbler 1.1% 1.4% 0.4%
151   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 1.4% 0.4%
152   Least Sandpiper 0.7% 1.4% 0.8%
153   Bobolink 0.6% 1.4% 0.9%
154   Wilson's Warbler 0.5% 1.4% 0.9%
155   Philadelphia Vireo 0.3% 1.4% 1.2%
156   Horned Lark 0.1% 1.4% 1.3%
157   Budgerigar 0.1% 1.4% 1.3%
158   Black-legged Kittiwake 0.0% 1.4% 1.4%
159   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.0% 1.4% 1.4%