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Top Birds at Morris Canal Basin in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 9 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Morris Canal Basin 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   Canada Goose 45.1% 77.8% 32.7%
2   European Starling 58.4% 66.7% 8.2%
3   Mallard 49.3% 66.7% 17.4%
4   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 66.7% 39.9%
5   American Robin 73.3% 55.6% 17.7%
6   House Sparrow 57.0% 55.6% 1.4%
7   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 55.6% 20.1%
8   Barn Swallow 31.7% 55.6% 23.8%
9   Common Grackle 54.9% 44.4% 10.5%
10   Song Sparrow 35.5% 44.4% 8.9%
11   Herring Gull 23.4% 44.4% 21.0%
12   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 44.4% 30.1%
13   Mourning Dove 53.4% 33.3% 20.1%
14   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 33.3% 0.7%
15   Fish Crow 10.9% 33.3% 22.5%
16   Gadwall 7.0% 33.3% 26.4%
17   Gray Catbird 65.9% 22.2% 43.7%
18   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 22.2% 31.1%
19   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 22.2% 25.3%
20   Tree Swallow 22.4% 22.2% 0.2%
21   House Finch 16.0% 22.2% 6.2%
22   Brant 10.8% 22.2% 11.5%
23   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 11.1% 47.9%
24   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 11.1% 33.6%
25   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 11.1% 31.5%
26   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 11.1% 23.2%
27   American Goldfinch 28.7% 11.1% 17.5%
28   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 11.1% 7.8%
29   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 11.1% 2.2%
30   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 11.1% 0.9%
31   Mute Swan 11.5% 11.1% 0.4%
32   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 11.1% 0.0%
33   Killdeer 9.3% 11.1% 1.8%
34   Forster's Tern 7.9% 11.1% 3.2%
35   Common Tern 5.8% 11.1% 5.3%
36   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 11.1% 6.9%
37   Common Raven 2.5% 11.1% 8.6%
38   Red-throated Loon 1.1% 11.1% 10.0%