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

based on 177 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Hempstead Lake SP in December. 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   Mallard 48.2% 86.4% 38.3%
2   Canada Goose 51.5% 85.9% 34.4%
3   Mute Swan 13.7% 80.2% 66.5%
4   Hooded Merganser 18.6% 79.1% 60.5%
5   Blue Jay 39.7% 68.9% 29.2%
6   Ring-billed Gull 49.6% 67.8% 18.2%
7   Herring Gull 41.8% 67.2% 25.4%
8   White-throated Sparrow 48.6% 66.1% 17.5%
9   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.5% 63.8% 35.3%
10   American Robin 29.4% 62.7% 33.3%
11   Mourning Dove 36.0% 61.6% 25.5%
12   Song Sparrow 37.0% 60.5% 23.5%
13   Great Black-backed Gull 29.3% 59.9% 30.6%
14   Great Blue Heron 20.1% 57.1% 37.0%
15   American Black Duck 26.6% 51.4% 24.8%
16   Northern Cardinal 40.0% 50.3% 10.3%
17   European Starling 38.9% 44.1% 5.2%
18   Downy Woodpecker 30.6% 44.1% 13.4%
19   Carolina Wren 18.7% 39.5% 20.8%
20   Ruddy Duck 15.5% 38.4% 22.9%
21   Belted Kingfisher 9.5% 38.4% 29.0%
22   American Coot 10.3% 36.7% 26.4%
23   American Wigeon 6.1% 35.0% 28.9%
24   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 32.2% 14.3%
25   Red-tailed Hawk 24.5% 31.6% 7.1%
26   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.9% 31.1% 11.2%
27   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 30.5% 6.2%
28   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 26.0% 2.4%
29   Ring-necked Duck 3.9% 26.0% 22.1%
30   Tufted Titmouse 21.3% 25.4% 4.1%
31   Fish Crow 5.1% 25.4% 20.3%
32   Northern Shoveler 14.8% 23.2% 8.4%
33   American Goldfinch 20.4% 22.6% 2.2%
34   Hairy Woodpecker 9.2% 22.0% 12.9%
35   Green-winged Teal 5.1% 22.0% 16.9%
36   House Sparrow 38.5% 19.2% 19.3%
37   Gadwall 15.2% 18.6% 3.4%
38   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 18.1% 13.8%
39   Dark-eyed Junco 23.3% 17.5% 5.8%
40   Fox Sparrow 9.7% 17.5% 7.8%
41   Common Merganser 4.8% 15.3% 10.4%
42   Brown Creeper 4.1% 15.3% 11.2%
43   Bald Eagle 4.8% 14.7% 9.9%
44   Redhead 1.2% 14.1% 12.9%
45   American Crow 20.6% 13.6% 7.1%
46   Northern Flicker 10.9% 13.0% 2.0%
47   Winter Wren 4.9% 13.0% 8.1%
48   Great Horned Owl 2.4% 12.4% 10.1%
49   Merlin 2.3% 10.7% 8.4%
50   Great Egret 1.5% 10.7% 9.2%
51   Pied-billed Grebe 5.4% 10.2% 4.8%
52   Rock Pigeon 30.8% 9.6% 21.2%
53   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 9.6% 3.8%
54   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 8.5% 0.2%
55   Common Grackle 5.5% 8.5% 3.0%
56   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 7.9% 2.4%
57   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 7.3% 3.4%
58   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 6.2% 3.0%
59   Rusty Blackbird 1.9% 6.2% 4.3%
60   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 5.1% 4.1%
61   Eastern Towhee 2.6% 5.1% 2.5%
62   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 5.1% 4.6%
63   House Finch 16.5% 4.5% 11.9%
64   Wood Duck 3.8% 4.5% 0.7%
65   Eurasian Wigeon 0.4% 4.5% 4.2%
66   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 4.0% 1.7%
67   Common Raven 4.5% 4.0% 0.5%
68   Gray Catbird 4.0% 4.0% 0.0%
69   Northern Pintail 3.3% 3.4% 0.1%
70   Osprey 0.1% 3.4% 3.3%
71   Killdeer 1.8% 2.8% 1.0%
72   Eastern Phoebe 0.5% 2.3% 1.8%
73   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.9% 1.7% 5.2%
74   Cedar Waxwing 3.7% 1.7% 2.0%
75   Snow Goose 2.2% 1.7% 0.5%
76   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 1.7% 1.5%
77   Bufflehead 28.3% 1.1% 27.2%
78   American Kestrel 5.9% 1.1% 4.8%
79   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 1.1% 1.5%
80   Greater Yellowlegs 1.6% 1.1% 0.5%
81   Lesser Yellowlegs 0.1% 1.1% 1.0%
82   Red-breasted Merganser 14.9% 0.6% 14.4%
83   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 0.6% 7.1%
84   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 0.6% 3.1%
85   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.9% 0.6% 1.4%
86   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
87   Eastern Bluebird 1.0% 0.6% 0.4%
88   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
89   Cackling Goose 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%