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Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 14 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Laughing Gull 32.3% 92.9% 60.6%
2   American Herring Gull 37.7% 85.7% 48.0%
3   Ring-billed Gull 30.8% 78.6% 47.8%
4   Great Black-backed Gull 25.2% 78.6% 53.4%
5   Sanderling 5.2% 78.6% 73.4%
6   Double-crested Cormorant 40.1% 71.4% 31.3%
7   American Oystercatcher 11.4% 71.4% 60.0%
8   Common Tern 16.1% 64.3% 48.2%
9   Semipalmated Plover 20.3% 50.0% 29.7%
10   Semipalmated Sandpiper 22.7% 42.9% 20.1%
11   Rock Pigeon 35.9% 35.7% 0.2%
12   Forster's Tern 13.2% 21.4% 8.3%
13   House Sparrow 49.1% 14.3% 34.8%
14   Osprey 30.7% 14.3% 16.4%
15   Ruddy Turnstone 5.1% 14.3% 9.2%
16   Least Tern 4.9% 14.3% 9.3%
17   Barn Swallow 37.7% 7.1% 30.6%
18   Song Sparrow 33.8% 7.1% 26.6%
19   Black-bellied Plover 6.5% 7.1% 0.7%
20   Black Skimmer 5.7% 7.1% 1.4%
21   Solitary Sandpiper 4.0% 7.1% 3.2%
22   Royal Tern 2.5% 7.1% 4.7%
23   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 7.1% 6.6%