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Top Birds at Half Moon Bay and shoreline in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 8 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Half Moon Bay and shoreline 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   Ring-billed Gull 31.8% 62.5% 30.7%
2   Great Black-backed Gull 27.0% 62.5% 35.5%
3   Snowy Egret 22.5% 62.5% 40.0%
4   Piping Plover 1.9% 62.5% 60.6%
5   Double-crested Cormorant 41.3% 50.0% 8.7%
6   Barn Swallow 39.9% 50.0% 10.1%
7   Herring Gull 39.5% 50.0% 10.5%
8   Laughing Gull 32.0% 50.0% 18.0%
9   Osprey 30.7% 50.0% 19.3%
10   Semipalmated Plover 21.1% 50.0% 28.9%
11   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 50.0% 33.0%
12   Northern Mockingbird 36.0% 37.5% 1.5%
13   Semipalmated Sandpiper 24.2% 37.5% 13.3%
14   American Oystercatcher 12.4% 37.5% 25.1%
15   Green Heron 11.9% 37.5% 25.6%
16   Least Tern 5.1% 37.5% 32.4%
17   American Goldfinch 37.6% 25.0% 12.6%
18   Great Egret 34.5% 25.0% 9.5%
19   Great Blue Heron 30.6% 25.0% 5.6%
20   Common Tern 16.4% 25.0% 8.6%
21   House Finch 14.9% 25.0% 10.1%
22   Killdeer 14.2% 25.0% 10.8%
23   Gray Catbird 54.7% 12.5% 42.2%
24   Mourning Dove 53.7% 12.5% 41.2%
25   Canada Goose 40.8% 12.5% 28.3%
26   Song Sparrow 35.0% 12.5% 22.5%
27   Red-winged Blackbird 28.5% 12.5% 16.0%
28   Least Sandpiper 22.0% 12.5% 9.5%
29   Yellow Warbler 20.2% 12.5% 7.7%
30   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.5% 12.5% 2.0%
31   Forster's Tern 13.2% 12.5% 0.7%
32   Red-tailed Hawk 11.4% 12.5% 1.1%
33   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 12.5% 4.9%
34   Black-bellied Plover 7.4% 12.5% 5.1%
35   Ruddy Turnstone 5.5% 12.5% 7.0%
36   Little Blue Heron 4.2% 12.5% 8.3%