Bird Finder

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

based on 32 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock in September. 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.

Back to the Top Birds list

Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Great Egret 20.0% 96.9% 76.9%
2   Snowy Egret 12.1% 96.9% 84.8%
3   Double-crested Cormorant 32.0% 93.8% 61.8%
4   Laughing Gull 18.6% 90.6% 72.0%
5   Herring Gull 30.8% 87.5% 56.7%
6   Great Blue Heron 24.7% 84.4% 59.7%
7   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4.0% 84.4% 80.4%
8   Forster's Tern 4.1% 78.1% 74.0%
9   Osprey 25.4% 71.9% 46.4%
10   Least Sandpiper 7.2% 71.9% 64.7%
11   Canada Goose 37.8% 65.6% 27.8%
12   Semipalmated Plover 7.0% 62.5% 55.5%
13   Greater Yellowlegs 8.8% 59.4% 50.6%
14   American Black Duck 8.0% 59.4% 51.4%
15   American Oystercatcher 5.0% 59.4% 54.4%
16   Clapper Rail 1.9% 59.4% 57.5%
17   Great Black-backed Gull 18.6% 56.2% 37.6%
18   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.9% 56.2% 48.3%
19   Short-billed Dowitcher 3.0% 56.2% 53.3%
20   Boat-tailed Grackle 1.3% 53.1% 51.8%
21   Little Blue Heron 2.1% 50.0% 47.9%
22   Black-bellied Plover 4.4% 46.9% 42.4%
23   Common Tern 3.9% 46.9% 42.9%
24   Willet 1.0% 40.6% 39.7%
25   Spotted Sandpiper 4.9% 34.4% 29.4%
26   Whimbrel 0.5% 34.4% 33.8%
27   Northern Harrier 3.6% 31.2% 27.7%
28   Peregrine Falcon 7.4% 28.1% 20.7%
29   Ring-billed Gull 25.2% 25.0% 0.2%
30   Mallard 36.7% 21.9% 14.8%
31   Brant 0.5% 21.9% 21.4%
32   Lesser Yellowlegs 6.4% 15.6% 9.2%
33   Pectoral Sandpiper 2.0% 15.6% 13.7%
34   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 15.6% 14.3%
35   Barn Swallow 4.7% 12.5% 7.8%
36   Marbled Godwit 0.3% 12.5% 12.2%
37   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 16.6% 9.4% 7.2%
38   Mute Swan 11.4% 9.4% 2.1%
39   Black-crowned Night-Heron 8.0% 9.4% 1.4%
40   Bald Eagle 4.8% 9.4% 4.6%
41   Royal Tern 2.9% 9.4% 6.5%
42   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.1% 9.4% 8.3%
43   Merlin 5.4% 6.2% 0.9%
44   White-rumped Sandpiper 1.3% 6.2% 4.9%
45   Glossy Ibis 1.0% 6.2% 5.3%
46   Tricolored Heron 0.2% 6.2% 6.0%
47   European Starling 48.5% 3.1% 45.3%
48   Yellow Warbler 12.3% 3.1% 9.1%
49   Tree Swallow 7.0% 3.1% 3.9%
50   Gadwall 4.6% 3.1% 1.4%
51   Green-winged Teal 3.7% 3.1% 0.6%
52   Sanderling 2.9% 3.1% 0.2%
53   Blue-winged Teal 2.1% 3.1% 1.0%
54   Black Skimmer 1.6% 3.1% 1.5%
55   Caspian Tern 1.5% 3.1% 1.6%
56   Western Sandpiper 0.9% 3.1% 2.3%
57   Dunlin 0.7% 3.1% 2.5%
58   Black Tern 0.5% 3.1% 2.7%
59   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.4% 3.1% 2.8%
60   Seaside Sparrow 0.3% 3.1% 2.8%
61   Bank Swallow 0.3% 3.1% 2.8%
62   American Bittern 0.2% 3.1% 2.9%
63   Red-breasted Merganser 0.2% 3.1% 2.9%
64   Nelson's Sparrow 0.2% 3.1% 2.9%
65   Least Tern 0.2% 3.1% 3.0%
66   Gull-billed Tern 0.1% 3.1% 3.1%