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

based on 154 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Hempstead Lake SP in February. 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 50.3% 77.3% 27.0%
2   Canada Goose 55.6% 67.5% 11.9%
3   Herring Gull 42.2% 66.9% 24.7%
4   Blue Jay 35.1% 59.7% 24.7%
5   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.6% 59.7% 35.2%
6   Hooded Merganser 19.3% 59.1% 39.8%
7   Ring-billed Gull 51.5% 57.1% 5.7%
8   Northern Cardinal 40.0% 54.5% 14.5%
9   White-throated Sparrow 40.3% 52.6% 12.3%
10   Song Sparrow 34.5% 50.6% 16.2%
11   American Robin 30.0% 50.6% 20.7%
12   Mourning Dove 32.0% 47.4% 15.4%
13   Common Merganser 8.7% 45.5% 36.8%
14   Mute Swan 15.3% 44.8% 29.5%
15   European Starling 38.4% 40.9% 2.5%
16   Carolina Wren 15.4% 37.7% 22.2%
17   Black-capped Chickadee 23.4% 37.0% 13.7%
18   Downy Woodpecker 27.7% 35.1% 7.4%
19   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.5% 33.8% 15.3%
20   Great Black-backed Gull 30.3% 31.8% 1.5%
21   American Black Duck 27.3% 30.5% 3.2%
22   Ring-necked Duck 5.6% 30.5% 24.9%
23   Tufted Titmouse 21.1% 29.9% 8.8%
24   Redhead 2.2% 27.9% 25.8%
25   Northern Mockingbird 23.9% 26.6% 2.8%
26   Ruddy Duck 15.5% 25.3% 9.9%
27   Fish Crow 6.9% 22.7% 15.8%
28   Double-crested Cormorant 11.5% 22.1% 10.6%
29   Great Blue Heron 11.4% 21.4% 10.1%
30   Green-winged Teal 4.8% 21.4% 16.6%
31   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 21.4% 19.5%
32   House Sparrow 39.5% 18.8% 20.7%
33   Red-tailed Hawk 23.3% 18.2% 5.1%
34   Hairy Woodpecker 7.6% 18.2% 10.6%
35   Northern Shoveler 16.5% 17.5% 1.1%
36   American Crow 21.0% 16.2% 4.8%
37   American Coot 10.6% 14.9% 4.3%
38   American Wigeon 7.4% 14.9% 7.5%
39   Red-winged Blackbird 18.8% 13.6% 5.2%
40   Fox Sparrow 7.3% 13.6% 6.3%
41   Belted Kingfisher 5.4% 13.6% 8.2%
42   Brown Creeper 3.6% 13.6% 10.0%
43   Golden-crowned Kinglet 1.9% 13.0% 11.1%
44   Common Grackle 13.5% 11.7% 1.8%
45   Bald Eagle 5.8% 11.0% 5.2%
46   Merlin 2.0% 11.0% 9.0%
47   Rock Pigeon 28.4% 9.7% 18.6%
48   Gadwall 15.8% 9.1% 6.7%
49   Dark-eyed Junco 16.4% 8.4% 8.0%
50   Great Cormorant 4.9% 7.8% 2.9%
51   American Goldfinch 12.3% 7.1% 5.1%
52   Eastern Towhee 1.6% 7.1% 5.6%
53   Red-breasted Merganser 20.2% 5.8% 14.3%
54   Wood Duck 5.4% 5.8% 0.4%
55   Winter Wren 2.2% 5.8% 3.7%
56   Bufflehead 32.3% 5.2% 27.1%
57   Northern Flicker 6.3% 5.2% 1.1%
58   Hermit Thrush 2.0% 5.2% 3.2%
59   Common Raven 3.5% 4.5% 1.0%
60   Rusty Blackbird 1.7% 3.9% 2.2%
61   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4.2% 3.2% 0.9%
62   Peregrine Falcon 5.0% 2.6% 2.4%
63   House Finch 13.7% 1.9% 11.8%
64   Cooper's Hawk 7.5% 1.9% 5.5%
65   Swamp Sparrow 3.4% 1.9% 1.4%
66   Brown-headed Cowbird 2.0% 1.9% 0.0%
67   Common Loon 9.1% 1.3% 7.8%
68   Lesser Scaup 4.8% 1.3% 3.5%
69   Killdeer 3.9% 1.3% 2.6%
70   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.2% 1.3% 0.9%
71   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 1.3% 0.6%
72   Gray Catbird 1.8% 1.3% 0.5%
73   Savannah Sparrow 1.3% 1.3% 0.0%
74   Wilson's Snipe 0.4% 1.3% 0.9%
75   Pink-footed Goose 0.3% 1.3% 1.0%
76   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 1.3% 1.2%
77   Brant 20.9% 0.6% 20.2%
78   Pied-billed Grebe 3.9% 0.6% 3.2%
79   Northern Pintail 3.7% 0.6% 3.1%
80   Black Scoter 2.4% 0.6% 1.7%
81   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.4% 0.6% 0.8%
82   Field Sparrow 1.2% 0.6% 0.6%
83   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.9% 0.6% 0.3%
84   Chipping Sparrow 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
85   Brown Thrasher 0.6% 0.6% 0.1%