Top Birds at Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 44 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock in August. 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 | Laughing Gull | 32.0% | 93.2% | 61.2% | |||
| 2 | Osprey | 30.6% | 93.2% | 62.5% | |||
| 3 | Great Egret | 34.5% | 88.6% | 54.2% | |||
| 4 | Semipalmated Plover | 21.0% | 86.4% | 65.3% | |||
| 5 | Herring Gull | 39.5% | 84.1% | 44.6% | |||
| 6 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 10.3% | 84.1% | 73.8% | |||
| 7 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 9.1% | 84.1% | 75.0% | |||
| 8 | Double-crested Cormorant | 41.3% | 81.8% | 40.5% | |||
| 9 | Snowy Egret | 22.5% | 81.8% | 59.4% | |||
| 10 | Greater Yellowlegs | 15.8% | 81.8% | 66.0% | |||
| 11 | Common Tern | 16.4% | 79.5% | 63.2% | |||
| 12 | Willet | 3.6% | 79.5% | 76.0% | |||
| 13 | American Oystercatcher | 12.3% | 75.0% | 62.7% | |||
| 14 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 4.2% | 70.5% | 66.2% | |||
| 15 | Least Sandpiper | 22.0% | 68.2% | 46.2% | |||
| 16 | Spotted Sandpiper | 16.9% | 68.2% | 51.2% | |||
| 17 | Forster's Tern | 13.1% | 68.2% | 55.0% | |||
| 18 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 24.1% | 65.9% | 41.8% | |||
| 19 | Great Blue Heron | 30.6% | 61.4% | 30.8% | |||
| 20 | Black-bellied Plover | 7.4% | 59.1% | 51.7% | |||
| 21 | Ruddy Turnstone | 5.4% | 56.8% | 51.4% | |||
| 22 | Barn Swallow | 39.9% | 52.3% | 12.4% | |||
| 23 | Great Black-backed Gull | 27.0% | 52.3% | 25.3% | |||
| 24 | Clapper Rail | 4.2% | 52.3% | 48.1% | |||
| 25 | Whimbrel | 0.5% | 52.3% | 51.8% | |||
| 26 | Little Blue Heron | 4.2% | 40.9% | 36.7% | |||
| 27 | Red-winged Blackbird | 28.5% | 31.8% | 3.3% | |||
| 28 | Glossy Ibis | 6.5% | 27.3% | 20.7% | |||
| 29 | Canada Goose | 40.8% | 25.0% | 15.8% | |||
| 30 | Gull-billed Tern | 1.2% | 22.7% | 21.6% | |||
| 31 | Tree Swallow | 14.1% | 20.5% | 6.3% | |||
| 32 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 13.9% | 20.5% | 6.5% | |||
| 33 | Least Tern | 5.1% | 20.5% | 15.4% | |||
| 34 | American Black Duck | 10.0% | 18.2% | 8.1% | |||
| 35 | Black Skimmer | 5.7% | 18.2% | 12.4% | |||
| 36 | Marbled Godwit | 0.7% | 18.2% | 17.5% | |||
| 37 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 14.5% | 15.9% | 1.4% | |||
| 38 | Ring-billed Gull | 31.8% | 13.6% | 18.2% | |||
| 39 | Brant | 0.8% | 13.6% | 12.8% | |||
| 40 | Red-breasted Merganser | 0.3% | 13.6% | 13.4% | |||
| 41 | Peregrine Falcon | 7.6% | 11.4% | 3.8% | |||
| 42 | Mallard | 40.9% | 6.8% | 34.0% | |||
| 43 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 9.0% | 6.8% | 2.2% | |||
| 44 | Tricolored Heron | 0.7% | 6.8% | 6.1% | |||
| 45 | Killdeer | 14.2% | 4.5% | 9.6% | |||
| 46 | Green Heron | 11.9% | 4.5% | 7.4% | |||
| 47 | Saltmarsh Sparrow | 2.1% | 4.5% | 2.4% | |||
| 48 | Northern Harrier | 0.9% | 4.5% | 3.7% | |||
| 49 | Chimney Swift | 23.9% | 2.3% | 21.6% | |||
| 50 | Sanderling | 5.3% | 2.3% | 3.0% | |||
| 51 | White-rumped Sandpiper | 4.0% | 2.3% | 1.7% | |||
| 52 | Solitary Sandpiper | 3.7% | 2.3% | 1.4% | |||
| 53 | Purple Martin | 3.2% | 2.3% | 0.9% | |||
| 54 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 3.1% | 2.3% | 0.8% | |||
| 55 | Bank Swallow | 3.1% | 2.3% | 0.8% | |||
| 56 | Bald Eagle | 2.5% | 2.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 57 | Royal Tern | 2.2% | 2.3% | 0.0% | |||
| 58 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 2.1% | 2.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 59 | Caspian Tern | 1.9% | 2.3% | 0.4% | |||
| 60 | Long-billed Dowitcher | 0.7% | 2.3% | 1.6% | |||
| 61 | Common Loon | 0.5% | 2.3% | 1.8% |