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Top Birds at Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 111 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) in May. 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   Mourning Dove 53.4% 82.0% 28.6%
2   Mallard 49.3% 81.1% 31.8%
3   Chimney Swift 29.8% 77.5% 47.7%
4   American Robin 73.3% 74.8% 1.5%
5   American Crow 17.6% 73.0% 55.4%
6   Barn Swallow 31.7% 72.1% 40.4%
7   Common Grackle 54.9% 71.2% 16.3%
8   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 70.3% 17.0%
9   Tree Swallow 22.4% 69.4% 47.0%
10   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 68.5% 25.9%
11   Northern Flicker 29.1% 67.6% 38.5%
12   European Starling 58.4% 64.0% 5.5%
13   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 63.1% 44.8%
14   American Redstart 40.4% 62.2% 21.8%
15   Northern Parula 35.7% 61.3% 25.6%
16   Fish Crow 10.8% 61.3% 50.5%
17   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 60.4% 48.4%
18   House Sparrow 57.0% 59.5% 2.5%
19   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 57.7% 1.4%
20   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 56.8% 23.0%
21   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 55.0% 15.5%
22   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 54.1% 27.3%
23   House Wren 26.7% 52.3% 25.5%
24   Gray Catbird 65.9% 51.4% 14.6%
25   Blue Jay 49.3% 49.5% 0.3%
26   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 48.6% 20.7%
27   Spotted Sandpiper 12.3% 47.7% 35.4%
28   Savannah Sparrow 5.4% 47.7% 42.3%
29   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 45.9% 10.5%
30   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 45.9% 31.7%
31   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 44.1% 6.0%
32   Herring Gull 23.4% 44.1% 20.7%
33   Song Sparrow 35.5% 43.2% 7.7%
34   Ovenbird 32.7% 42.3% 9.6%
35   Red-tailed Hawk 19.7% 42.3% 22.6%
36   House Finch 16.0% 41.4% 25.4%
37   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 40.5% 4.1%
38   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 40.5% 8.4%
39   Canada Goose 45.1% 39.6% 5.5%
40   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 37.8% 16.0%
41   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 36.0% 15.9%
42   American Goldfinch 28.6% 35.1% 6.5%
43   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 35.1% 7.6%
44   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 35.1% 14.4%
45   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 35.1% 18.4%
46   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 35.1% 18.9%
47   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 34.2% 0.2%
48   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 34.2% 17.4%
49   Osprey 16.4% 34.2% 17.8%
50   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 33.3% 14.2%
51   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 33.3% 1.0%
52   Red-eyed Vireo 22.7% 32.4% 9.7%
53   Bobolink 1.2% 28.8% 27.7%
54   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 27.0% 8.1%
55   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 23.4% 12.3%
56   American Kestrel 2.2% 22.5% 20.3%
57   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 21.6% 6.5%
58   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 20.7% 11.9%
59   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 19.8% 19.0%
60   Carolina Wren 19.8% 18.9% 0.9%
61   Blue-headed Vireo 14.2% 18.9% 4.7%
62   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 17.1% 0.6%
63   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 17.1% 7.7%
64   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 16.2% 0.2%
65   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 15.3% 9.4%
66   Canada Warbler 11.7% 14.4% 2.7%
67   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 14.4% 6.5%
68   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 13.5% 0.3%
69   Palm Warbler 5.3% 12.6% 7.3%
70   Common Raven 2.5% 12.6% 10.1%
71   Great Egret 25.4% 11.7% 13.7%
72   Veery 20.1% 11.7% 8.3%
73   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 11.7% 8.8%
74   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 10.8% 1.1%
75   Killdeer 9.3% 10.8% 1.5%
76   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 10.8% 1.9%
77   Common Loon 2.4% 10.8% 8.4%
78   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 9.9% 13.3%
79   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 9.9% 8.2%
80   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 9.9% 4.6%
81   Bank Swallow 2.5% 9.9% 7.4%
82   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 9.0% 1.7%
83   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 9.0% 0.6%
84   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 9.0% 5.6%
85   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 8.1% 5.2%
86   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 8.1% 0.4%
87   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 8.1% 4.8%
88   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 8.1% 5.4%
89   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 7.2% 12.7%
90   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 7.2% 0.2%
91   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 6.3% 6.8%
92   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 5.4% 10.2%
93   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 5.4% 4.6%
94   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 5.4% 2.9%
95   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 4.5% 6.6%
96   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 4.5% 1.8%
97   Bald Eagle 2.5% 4.5% 2.0%
98   Wood Thrush 23.1% 3.6% 19.5%
99   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 3.6% 8.5%
100   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 3.6% 6.6%
101   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 3.6% 1.0%
102   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 3.6% 0.8%
103   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 3.6% 1.6%
104   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 3.6% 2.2%
105   Snowy Egret 9.9% 2.7% 7.2%
106   Least Sandpiper 7.1% 2.7% 4.4%
107   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 2.7% 1.0%
108   Black Vulture 2.2% 2.7% 0.5%
109   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 2.7% 2.0%
110   Pine Siskin 0.4% 2.7% 2.3%
111   Laughing Gull 16.9% 1.8% 15.1%
112   Green Heron 9.0% 1.8% 7.2%
113   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 1.8% 5.5%
114   Greater Yellowlegs 5.9% 1.8% 4.1%
115   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 1.8% 4.0%
116   Glossy Ibis 4.2% 1.8% 2.4%
117   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 1.8% 2.4%
118   Field Sparrow 3.4% 1.8% 1.6%
119   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.7% 1.8% 0.9%
120   Dunlin 2.2% 1.8% 0.4%
121   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 1.8% 0.5%
122   Eastern Bluebird 1.2% 1.8% 0.6%
123   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 0.9% 10.8%
124   Wood Duck 9.3% 0.9% 8.4%
125   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 0.9% 5.7%
126   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 0.9% 4.5%
127   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 0.9% 4.0%
128   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 0.9% 3.1%
129   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 0.9% 2.6%
130   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 0.9% 1.0%
131   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.9% 0.8%
132   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 0.9% 0.7%
133   Purple Martin 1.4% 0.9% 0.5%
134   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.9% 0.4%
135   Merlin 0.9% 0.9% 0.0%
136   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
137   Cerulean Warbler 0.7% 0.9% 0.2%
138   Alder Flycatcher 0.6% 0.9% 0.3%