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Top Birds at Hempstead Lake SP in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 196 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Hempstead Lake SP in January. 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 53.4% 82.1% 28.8%
2   Mallard 48.9% 82.1% 33.3%
3   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 66.3% 14.3%
4   Mute Swan 14.3% 64.8% 50.5%
5   American Robin 24.7% 63.8% 39.0%
6   Hooded Merganser 19.4% 63.3% 43.9%
7   White-throated Sparrow 42.1% 62.8% 20.7%
8   Blue Jay 33.8% 62.8% 29.0%
9   Herring Gull 43.3% 61.7% 18.5%
10   Northern Cardinal 36.6% 61.7% 25.1%
11   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.6% 61.2% 36.6%
12   Mourning Dove 29.3% 57.1% 27.9%
13   Song Sparrow 32.2% 51.5% 19.4%
14   European Starling 35.9% 48.0% 12.0%
15   Downy Woodpecker 27.1% 47.4% 20.4%
16   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 46.9% 15.4%
17   Black-capped Chickadee 21.9% 44.9% 23.0%
18   American Black Duck 27.8% 43.4% 15.6%
19   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.2% 41.8% 23.6%
20   Carolina Wren 15.0% 38.8% 23.7%
21   Great Blue Heron 14.6% 38.3% 23.6%
22   Red-tailed Hawk 21.7% 35.2% 13.5%
23   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 34.7% 11.1%
24   Tufted Titmouse 19.5% 34.7% 15.2%
25   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 34.2% 26.4%
26   Common Merganser 6.6% 30.1% 23.5%
27   Ruddy Duck 16.5% 28.6% 12.1%
28   American Wigeon 6.2% 28.6% 22.4%
29   Redhead 2.3% 26.5% 24.2%
30   Ring-necked Duck 4.5% 25.0% 20.5%
31   Northern Shoveler 16.0% 23.0% 7.0%
32   American Coot 11.3% 21.9% 10.6%
33   House Sparrow 35.7% 20.4% 15.3%
34   Belted Kingfisher 6.9% 20.4% 13.5%
35   Fox Sparrow 6.8% 17.9% 11.0%
36   Brown Creeper 3.7% 17.9% 14.2%
37   Fish Crow 5.0% 16.8% 11.9%
38   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 16.3% 0.5%
39   American Goldfinch 13.2% 16.3% 3.1%
40   Green-winged Teal 4.4% 15.8% 11.4%
41   Rock Pigeon 28.9% 15.3% 13.6%
42   Winter Wren 3.2% 15.3% 12.1%
43   American Crow 18.2% 14.3% 3.9%
44   Bald Eagle 5.2% 14.3% 9.1%
45   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 13.8% 0.1%
46   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 13.8% 11.9%
47   Gadwall 16.7% 12.8% 4.0%
48   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.5% 12.8% 10.2%
49   Hermit Thrush 2.7% 12.2% 9.5%
50   Northern Flicker 6.9% 8.7% 1.8%
51   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.5% 8.7% 3.1%
52   Common Grackle 5.1% 8.7% 3.5%
53   Rusty Blackbird 1.8% 8.7% 6.9%
54   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 8.2% 1.0%
55   Pied-billed Grebe 4.5% 7.7% 3.1%
56   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 6.6% 1.5%
57   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.8% 6.6% 3.9%
58   Eastern Towhee 1.8% 6.1% 4.3%
59   Common Raven 3.9% 4.6% 0.7%
60   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 4.6% 2.3%
61   Wood Duck 4.2% 4.1% 0.1%
62   Gray Catbird 2.6% 4.1% 1.5%
63   Merlin 1.9% 3.6% 1.7%
64   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 3.1% 5.3%
65   Thick-billed Murre 0.1% 3.1% 3.0%
66   Bufflehead 32.0% 2.6% 29.4%
67   Common Loon 10.7% 2.6% 8.1%
68   Northern Pintail 3.6% 2.6% 1.0%
69   Great Egret 0.4% 2.6% 2.1%
70   House Finch 13.5% 2.0% 11.4%
71   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 2.0% 0.3%
72   Brown Thrasher 0.4% 2.0% 1.6%
73   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 1.0% 5.6%
74   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 1.0% 3.9%
75   Turkey Vulture 4.8% 1.0% 3.8%
76   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 1.0% 3.7%
77   Muscovy Duck 0.2% 1.0% 0.8%
78   Osprey 0.0% 1.0% 1.0%
79   Brant 20.6% 0.5% 20.1%
80   Red-breasted Merganser 19.4% 0.5% 18.8%
81   Greater Scaup 9.9% 0.5% 9.4%
82   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 0.5% 4.6%
83   Great Cormorant 4.8% 0.5% 4.3%
84   Canvasback 3.1% 0.5% 2.6%
85   Snow Goose 2.6% 0.5% 2.1%
86   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 0.5% 1.4%
87   Killdeer 1.7% 0.5% 1.2%
88   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.5% 0.5% 0.9%
89   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.9% 0.5% 0.4%
90   Greater Yellowlegs 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
91   Common Redpoll 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
92   Wilson's Snipe 0.3% 0.5% 0.3%
93   Northern Bobwhite 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%