Top Birds at Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 20 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herring Gull | 23.4% | 95.0% | 71.6% | |||
| 2 | Laughing Gull | 16.9% | 95.0% | 78.1% | |||
| 3 | American Oystercatcher | 7.9% | 95.0% | 87.1% | |||
| 4 | Osprey | 16.4% | 90.0% | 73.6% | |||
| 5 | Black-bellied Plover | 3.5% | 90.0% | 86.5% | |||
| 6 | Snowy Egret | 9.9% | 85.0% | 75.1% | |||
| 7 | Willet | 5.8% | 85.0% | 79.2% | |||
| 8 | Dunlin | 2.2% | 85.0% | 82.8% | |||
| 9 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 4.9% | 80.0% | 75.1% | |||
| 10 | Double-crested Cormorant | 34.0% | 75.0% | 41.0% | |||
| 11 | Great Egret | 25.4% | 75.0% | 49.6% | |||
| 12 | Great Black-backed Gull | 13.3% | 75.0% | 61.7% | |||
| 13 | Ruddy Turnstone | 2.2% | 75.0% | 72.8% | |||
| 14 | Tree Swallow | 22.4% | 70.0% | 47.6% | |||
| 15 | Brant | 10.7% | 70.0% | 59.3% | |||
| 16 | Semipalmated Plover | 4.5% | 70.0% | 65.5% | |||
| 17 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 5.2% | 60.0% | 54.8% | |||
| 18 | Mallard | 49.3% | 55.0% | 5.7% | |||
| 19 | Forster's Tern | 7.9% | 55.0% | 47.1% | |||
| 20 | Clapper Rail | 3.4% | 55.0% | 51.6% | |||
| 21 | Least Tern | 3.9% | 45.0% | 41.1% | |||
| 22 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 1.8% | 45.0% | 43.2% | |||
| 23 | Least Sandpiper | 7.1% | 40.0% | 32.9% | |||
| 24 | Common Tern | 5.8% | 40.0% | 34.2% | |||
| 25 | Red Knot | 0.7% | 40.0% | 39.3% | |||
| 26 | Red-winged Blackbird | 53.3% | 35.0% | 18.3% | |||
| 27 | Gadwall | 7.0% | 35.0% | 28.0% | |||
| 28 | Canada Goose | 45.1% | 30.0% | 15.1% | |||
| 29 | Barn Swallow | 31.7% | 30.0% | 1.7% | |||
| 30 | American Black Duck | 5.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | |||
| 31 | Mute Swan | 11.5% | 25.0% | 13.5% | |||
| 32 | Red-breasted Merganser | 1.7% | 20.0% | 18.3% | |||
| 33 | Ring-billed Gull | 14.3% | 15.0% | 0.7% | |||
| 34 | Greater Yellowlegs | 5.9% | 15.0% | 9.1% | |||
| 35 | Glossy Ibis | 4.2% | 15.0% | 10.8% | |||
| 36 | Little Blue Heron | 1.2% | 15.0% | 13.8% | |||
| 37 | White-rumped Sandpiper | 0.4% | 15.0% | 14.6% | |||
| 38 | Snow Goose | 0.2% | 15.0% | 14.8% | |||
| 39 | Whimbrel | 0.1% | 15.0% | 14.9% | |||
| 40 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 11.7% | 10.0% | 1.7% | |||
| 41 | Great Blue Heron | 9.6% | 10.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 42 | Chimney Swift | 29.8% | 5.0% | 24.8% | |||
| 43 | Spotted Sandpiper | 12.4% | 5.0% | 7.4% | |||
| 44 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 6.3% | 5.0% | 1.3% | |||
| 45 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 3.9% | 5.0% | 1.1% | |||
| 46 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 2.7% | 5.0% | 2.3% | |||
| 47 | Peregrine Falcon | 2.7% | 5.0% | 2.3% | |||
| 48 | Bank Swallow | 2.5% | 5.0% | 2.5% | |||
| 49 | Black Skimmer | 1.7% | 5.0% | 3.3% | |||
| 50 | Sanderling | 1.6% | 5.0% | 3.4% | |||
| 51 | Seaside Sparrow | 0.8% | 5.0% | 4.2% | |||
| 52 | Gull-billed Tern | 0.2% | 5.0% | 4.8% |