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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 18 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 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   American Black Duck 13.3% 100.0% 86.7%
2   Herring Gull 32.7% 94.4% 61.8%
3   Double-crested Cormorant 31.9% 83.3% 51.4%
4   Great Egret 14.2% 83.3% 69.1%
5   Canada Goose 40.8% 72.2% 31.4%
6   Great Blue Heron 21.8% 72.2% 50.4%
7   Brant 9.6% 66.7% 57.1%
8   Greater Yellowlegs 7.2% 66.7% 59.4%
9   Black-bellied Plover 4.0% 61.1% 57.1%
10   Dunlin 2.5% 55.6% 53.0%
11   Laughing Gull 13.7% 50.0% 36.3%
12   Mallard 38.6% 44.4% 5.8%
13   Great Black-backed Gull 18.9% 44.4% 25.5%
14   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 44.4% 43.0%
15   Ring-billed Gull 30.4% 38.9% 8.5%
16   American Oystercatcher 2.0% 38.9% 36.9%
17   Northern Harrier 5.9% 33.3% 27.5%
18   Snowy Egret 5.4% 33.3% 27.9%
19   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.3% 27.8% 23.5%
20   Gadwall 8.0% 22.2% 14.2%
21   American Pipit 2.4% 22.2% 19.8%
22   Semipalmated Plover 1.3% 22.2% 20.9%
23   Mute Swan 10.8% 16.7% 5.9%
24   Royal Tern 3.4% 16.7% 13.3%
25   Forster's Tern 2.4% 16.7% 14.2%
26   Swamp Sparrow 32.8% 11.1% 21.7%
27   American Goldfinch 23.8% 11.1% 12.7%
28   Peregrine Falcon 7.8% 11.1% 3.3%
29   Green-winged Teal 6.0% 11.1% 5.2%
30   Tree Swallow 5.7% 11.1% 5.4%
31   Pied-billed Grebe 4.0% 11.1% 7.2%
32   American Wigeon 3.0% 11.1% 8.1%
33   Common Loon 2.3% 11.1% 8.8%
34   Nelson's Sparrow 2.1% 11.1% 9.0%
35   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1.2% 11.1% 9.9%
36   Red-throated Loon 0.7% 11.1% 10.4%
37   Red-breasted Merganser 0.6% 11.1% 10.5%
38   Ruddy Turnstone 0.4% 11.1% 10.7%
39   Horned Grebe 0.3% 11.1% 10.8%
40   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.5% 5.6% 44.9%
41   American Crow 23.4% 5.6% 17.8%
42   American Kestrel 12.9% 5.6% 7.4%
43   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.9% 5.6% 4.4%
44   Merlin 7.4% 5.6% 1.9%
45   Bald Eagle 5.4% 5.6% 0.2%
46   American Coot 4.2% 5.6% 1.3%
47   Marsh Wren 2.3% 5.6% 3.3%
48   Northern Pintail 1.7% 5.6% 3.9%
49   Clapper Rail 1.0% 5.6% 4.5%
50   Blue-winged Teal 1.0% 5.6% 4.6%
51   Northern Gannet 0.7% 5.6% 4.9%
52   White-winged Scoter 0.5% 5.6% 5.1%
53   Little Blue Heron 0.5% 5.6% 5.1%
54   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.4% 5.6% 5.1%
55   Red Knot 0.3% 5.6% 5.2%
56   American Bittern 0.3% 5.6% 5.2%
57   Hudsonian Godwit 0.3% 5.6% 5.3%
58   Horned Lark 0.1% 5.6% 5.4%