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Top Birds at Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 10 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Herring Gull 41.9% 90.0% 48.1%
2   Great Black-backed Gull 29.4% 80.0% 50.6%
3   Common Loon 9.0% 80.0% 71.0%
4   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.8% 80.0% 73.2%
5   European Starling 38.9% 70.0% 31.1%
6   American Robin 29.5% 70.0% 40.5%
7   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 70.0% 45.7%
8   Red-throated Loon 6.9% 70.0% 63.1%
9   Long-tailed Duck 6.3% 70.0% 63.7%
10   Song Sparrow 37.0% 60.0% 23.0%
11   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 60.0% 29.3%
12   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 60.0% 31.6%
13   American Goldfinch 20.4% 60.0% 39.6%
14   Brant 18.9% 60.0% 41.1%
15   House Finch 16.4% 60.0% 43.6%
16   Northern Flicker 10.9% 60.0% 49.1%
17   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 60.0% 50.8%
18   Cedar Waxwing 3.6% 60.0% 56.4%
19   Canada Goose 51.6% 50.0% 1.6%
20   Ring-billed Gull 49.7% 50.0% 0.3%
21   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 50.0% 19.3%
22   Bufflehead 28.2% 50.0% 21.8%
23   American Crow 20.6% 50.0% 29.4%
24   Carolina Wren 18.8% 50.0% 31.2%
25   Black Scoter 2.6% 50.0% 47.4%
26   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 40.0% 8.7%
27   Northern Cardinal 40.0% 40.0% 0.0%
28   Dark-eyed Junco 23.2% 40.0% 16.8%
29   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 40.0% 22.1%
30   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 40.0% 29.2%
31   Common Grackle 5.5% 40.0% 34.5%
32   Sanderling 3.2% 40.0% 36.8%
33   Northern Gannet 3.1% 40.0% 36.9%
34   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 40.0% 38.2%
35   Purple Finch 1.3% 40.0% 38.7%
36   American Pipit 1.0% 40.0% 39.0%
37   Mallard 48.3% 30.0% 18.3%
38   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 30.0% 5.4%
39   Red-breasted Merganser 14.9% 30.0% 15.1%
40   Bald Eagle 4.8% 30.0% 25.2%
41   White-winged Scoter 2.0% 30.0% 28.0%
42   Common Eider 1.2% 30.0% 28.8%
43   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 20.0% 0.2%
44   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 20.0% 1.2%
45   Horned Grebe 5.3% 20.0% 14.7%
46   Northern Harrier 4.9% 20.0% 15.1%
47   Eastern Towhee 2.6% 20.0% 17.4%
48   Common Redpoll 0.3% 20.0% 19.7%
49   Mourning Dove 36.1% 10.0% 26.1%
50   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.7% 10.0% 18.7%
51   American Black Duck 26.7% 10.0% 16.7%
52   Mute Swan 14.0% 10.0% 4.0%
53   Fox Sparrow 9.8% 10.0% 0.2%
54   Hairy Woodpecker 9.2% 10.0% 0.8%
55   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 10.0% 4.4%
56   Common Raven 4.5% 10.0% 5.5%
57   Gray Catbird 4.0% 10.0% 6.0%
58   Great Cormorant 3.8% 10.0% 6.2%
59   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 10.0% 7.4%
60   Snow Bunting 2.0% 10.0% 8.0%
61   Rusty Blackbird 1.9% 10.0% 8.1%
62   Field Sparrow 1.9% 10.0% 8.1%
63   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 10.0% 8.1%
64   Bonaparte's Gull 1.7% 10.0% 8.3%
65   Purple Sandpiper 1.7% 10.0% 8.3%
66   Dunlin 1.6% 10.0% 8.4%
67   Eastern Bluebird 1.0% 10.0% 9.0%
68   Tree Swallow 1.0% 10.0% 9.0%
69   Laughing Gull 0.6% 10.0% 9.4%
70   Glaucous Gull 0.3% 10.0% 9.7%