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

based on 5 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform in May. 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   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 60.0% 6.7%
2   Herring Gull 23.4% 60.0% 36.6%
3   American Oystercatcher 7.9% 60.0% 52.1%
4   Piping Plover 1.4% 60.0% 58.6%
5   American Robin 73.3% 40.0% 33.3%
6   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 40.0% 19.0%
7   European Starling 58.4% 40.0% 18.4%
8   Common Grackle 54.9% 40.0% 14.9%
9   Mourning Dove 53.4% 40.0% 13.4%
10   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 40.0% 13.3%
11   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 40.0% 20.1%
12   Gray Catbird 65.9% 20.0% 45.9%
13   House Sparrow 57.0% 20.0% 37.0%
14   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 20.0% 27.5%
15   Canada Goose 45.1% 20.0% 25.1%
16   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 20.0% 22.6%
17   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 20.0% 19.5%
18   Song Sparrow 35.5% 20.0% 15.5%
19   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 20.0% 15.5%
20   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 20.0% 14.3%
21   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 20.0% 14.0%
22   Barn Swallow 31.7% 20.0% 11.7%
23   Chimney Swift 29.8% 20.0% 9.8%
24   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 20.0% 8.0%
25   House Wren 26.7% 20.0% 6.7%
26   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 20.0% 0.8%
27   Carolina Wren 19.8% 20.0% 0.2%
28   American Crow 17.6% 20.0% 2.4%
29   Laughing Gull 16.9% 20.0% 3.1%
30   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 20.0% 5.7%
31   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 20.0% 6.8%
32   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 20.0% 8.0%
33   Fish Crow 10.9% 20.0% 9.1%
34   Wood Duck 9.3% 20.0% 10.7%
35   Killdeer 9.3% 20.0% 10.7%
36   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 20.0% 11.5%
37   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 20.0% 13.7%
38   Willet 5.8% 20.0% 14.2%
39   Black-bellied Plover 3.5% 20.0% 16.5%
40   Ruddy Turnstone 2.2% 20.0% 17.8%