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

based on 114 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Hempstead Lake SP 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   Gray Catbird 54.6% 90.4% 35.8%
2   American Robin 57.2% 86.8% 29.7%
3   Northern Cardinal 47.7% 83.3% 35.7%
4   Mourning Dove 53.6% 78.1% 24.4%
5   Mallard 40.7% 71.9% 31.2%
6   House Sparrow 49.9% 70.2% 20.2%
7   Blue Jay 35.3% 70.2% 34.9%
8   Song Sparrow 34.9% 70.2% 35.2%
9   Carolina Wren 24.6% 68.4% 43.8%
10   Osprey 30.6% 64.0% 33.4%
11   Red-bellied Woodpecker 19.2% 62.3% 43.1%
12   European Starling 51.1% 59.6% 8.5%
13   Laughing Gull 32.0% 58.8% 26.8%
14   Herring Gull 39.5% 54.4% 14.9%
15   American Goldfinch 37.6% 53.5% 15.9%
16   Black-capped Chickadee 11.1% 53.5% 42.4%
17   Canada Goose 40.8% 51.8% 11.0%
18   Northern Flicker 25.9% 47.4% 21.5%
19   Fish Crow 8.9% 46.5% 37.6%
20   Common Grackle 28.2% 45.6% 17.4%
21   Northern Waterthrush 15.4% 45.6% 30.3%
22   American Redstart 21.9% 43.9% 21.9%
23   Ring-billed Gull 31.8% 43.0% 11.2%
24   Forster's Tern 13.1% 43.0% 29.9%
25   Red-eyed Vireo 9.5% 41.2% 31.7%
26   Great Blue Heron 30.6% 39.5% 8.9%
27   Eastern Kingbird 16.7% 39.5% 22.8%
28   Downy Woodpecker 25.2% 38.6% 13.4%
29   Mute Swan 14.4% 36.8% 22.4%
30   Great Egret 34.5% 34.2% 0.3%
31   Black-and-white Warbler 14.2% 33.3% 19.1%
32   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 32.5% 15.5%
33   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.0% 32.5% 23.4%
34   Chimney Swift 23.8% 30.7% 6.9%
35   Red-winged Blackbird 28.5% 29.8% 1.3%
36   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 28.9% 12.2%
37   Baltimore Oriole 15.1% 28.1% 13.0%
38   Tufted Titmouse 8.5% 27.2% 18.7%
39   Semipalmated Sandpiper 24.2% 26.3% 2.2%
40   Least Sandpiper 22.0% 26.3% 4.3%
41   Yellow Warbler 20.2% 25.4% 5.2%
42   Greater Yellowlegs 15.8% 25.4% 9.6%
43   Lesser Yellowlegs 13.9% 25.4% 11.6%
44   White-breasted Nuthatch 9.7% 24.6% 14.8%
45   Double-crested Cormorant 41.4% 23.7% 17.7%
46   Belted Kingfisher 8.3% 23.7% 15.3%
47   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 21.9% 13.5%
48   Great Black-backed Gull 27.0% 21.9% 5.1%
49   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.0% 21.9% 14.9%
50   Northern Mockingbird 36.1% 20.2% 15.9%
51   Killdeer 14.2% 19.3% 5.1%
52   Wood Duck 9.3% 16.7% 7.4%
53   Barn Swallow 39.9% 15.8% 24.2%
54   Semipalmated Plover 21.1% 15.8% 5.3%
55   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.8% 15.8% 9.0%
56   Warbling Vireo 9.9% 14.9% 5.0%
57   Blue-winged Warbler 3.9% 14.9% 11.0%
58   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.0% 14.0% 5.1%
59   Hairy Woodpecker 6.0% 14.0% 8.0%
60   Eastern Phoebe 3.8% 10.5% 6.8%
61   House Wren 11.4% 9.6% 1.7%
62   Worm-eating Warbler 1.3% 8.8% 7.5%
63   Green Heron 11.9% 7.0% 4.9%
64   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.9% 7.0% 1.1%
65   Common Yellowthroat 15.2% 6.1% 9.0%
66   American Crow 14.4% 6.1% 8.3%
67   Chestnut-sided Warbler 5.0% 6.1% 1.1%
68   Solitary Sandpiper 3.7% 6.1% 2.5%
69   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.6% 5.3% 9.3%
70   Tree Swallow 14.1% 5.3% 8.9%
71   Chipping Sparrow 5.2% 5.3% 0.0%
72   Common Tern 16.4% 4.4% 12.1%
73   Veery 2.6% 4.4% 1.8%
74   Wood Thrush 2.5% 4.4% 1.9%
75   Northern Parula 1.8% 4.4% 2.6%
76   Snowy Egret 22.6% 3.5% 19.1%
77   Red-tailed Hawk 11.4% 3.5% 7.9%
78   American Black Duck 10.1% 3.5% 6.6%
79   Canada Warbler 5.7% 3.5% 2.2%
80   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 3.5% 1.9%
81   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.7% 3.5% 2.8%
82   White-eyed Vireo 2.2% 2.6% 0.4%
83   Black-throated Green Warbler 1.0% 2.6% 1.6%
84   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.8% 2.6% 1.8%
85   Short-billed Dowitcher 10.4% 1.8% 8.6%
86   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 1.8% 5.9%
87   Glossy Ibis 6.6% 1.8% 4.8%
88   Little Blue Heron 4.2% 1.8% 2.5%
89   Ovenbird 4.2% 1.8% 2.5%
90   Field Sparrow 1.8% 1.8% 0.0%
91   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.3% 1.8% 0.5%
92   Mourning Warbler 0.4% 1.8% 1.3%
93   Nashville Warbler 0.4% 1.8% 1.4%
94   American Oystercatcher 12.4% 0.9% 11.5%
95   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9.1% 0.9% 8.3%
96   Eastern Towhee 7.1% 0.9% 6.2%
97   Stilt Sandpiper 3.7% 0.9% 2.8%
98   Magnolia Warbler 2.9% 0.9% 2.0%
99   Scarlet Tanager 1.7% 0.9% 0.8%
100   Common Nighthawk 1.3% 0.9% 0.4%
101   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.1% 0.9% 0.2%
102   Blackburnian Warbler 1.0% 0.9% 0.1%
103   Tennessee Warbler 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
104   Merlin 0.5% 0.9% 0.3%
105   Great Horned Owl 0.5% 0.9% 0.4%
106   Pine Warbler 0.3% 0.9% 0.6%
107   Hooded Merganser 0.3% 0.9% 0.6%