Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 7 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 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 | Herring Gull | 39.5% | 100.0% | 60.5% | |||
| 2 | Laughing Gull | 32.0% | 100.0% | 68.0% | |||
| 3 | Great Black-backed Gull | 27.0% | 100.0% | 73.0% | |||
| 4 | Sanderling | 5.3% | 100.0% | 94.7% | |||
| 5 | Double-crested Cormorant | 41.3% | 71.4% | 30.1% | |||
| 6 | Ring-billed Gull | 31.8% | 71.4% | 39.6% | |||
| 7 | American Oystercatcher | 12.4% | 71.4% | 59.0% | |||
| 8 | Semipalmated Plover | 21.1% | 57.1% | 36.0% | |||
| 9 | Common Tern | 16.4% | 57.1% | 40.7% | |||
| 10 | Rock Pigeon | 35.4% | 42.9% | 7.5% | |||
| 11 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 24.2% | 28.6% | 4.4% | |||
| 12 | Forster's Tern | 13.2% | 28.6% | 15.4% | |||
| 13 | Least Tern | 5.1% | 28.6% | 23.5% | |||
| 14 | House Sparrow | 50.0% | 14.3% | 35.7% | |||
| 15 | Song Sparrow | 35.0% | 14.3% | 20.7% | |||
| 16 | Osprey | 30.7% | 14.3% | 16.4% | |||
| 17 | Black-bellied Plover | 7.4% | 14.3% | 6.9% | |||
| 18 | Black Skimmer | 5.8% | 14.3% | 8.5% | |||
| 19 | Ruddy Turnstone | 5.5% | 14.3% | 8.8% | |||
| 20 | Solitary Sandpiper | 3.7% | 14.3% | 10.6% |