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Top Birds at Columbia St. Pier in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 31 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Columbia St. Pier 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   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 93.5% 41.5%
2   Herring Gull 43.3% 80.6% 37.3%
3   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 61.3% 42.0%
4   Gadwall 16.7% 61.3% 44.6%
5   Bufflehead 31.9% 58.1% 26.2%
6   Canada Goose 53.5% 48.4% 5.1%
7   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 48.4% 19.6%
8   House Sparrow 35.7% 38.7% 3.0%
9   American Black Duck 27.8% 38.7% 10.9%
10   Fish Crow 5.0% 38.7% 33.7%
11   Brant 20.5% 32.3% 11.7%
12   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 29.0% 2.6%
13   Double-crested Cormorant 13.8% 29.0% 15.2%
14   European Starling 36.0% 25.8% 10.1%
15   Mallard 49.0% 22.6% 26.4%
16   Greater Scaup 9.9% 12.9% 3.0%
17   Great Cormorant 4.8% 12.9% 8.1%
18   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 9.7% 6.9%
19   Horned Grebe 7.2% 9.7% 2.4%
20   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 6.5% 1.9%
21   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 6.5% 0.8%
22   Common Raven 3.9% 6.5% 2.6%
23   Song Sparrow 32.2% 3.2% 29.0%
24   Mourning Dove 29.4% 3.2% 26.1%
25   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 3.2% 18.6%
26   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 3.2% 16.3%
27   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 3.2% 11.5%
28   Long-tailed Duck 9.1% 3.2% 5.9%
29   American Wigeon 6.2% 3.2% 3.0%
30   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 3.2% 2.0%
31   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 3.2% 1.9%
32   American Kestrel 3.8% 3.2% 0.6%
33   Bonaparte's Gull 2.3% 3.2% 1.0%
34   Iceland Gull 1.0% 3.2% 2.2%