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Top Birds at Pelham Bay Park--Hawk Watch in February
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 2 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Pelham Bay Park--Hawk Watch 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   Ring-billed Gull 51.5% 100.0% 48.5%
2   Bufflehead 32.2% 100.0% 67.8%
3   Brant 20.8% 100.0% 79.2%
4   Red-breasted Merganser 20.1% 100.0% 79.9%
5   Canada Goose 55.7% 50.0% 5.7%
6   Mallard 50.4% 50.0% 0.4%
7   Herring Gull 42.3% 50.0% 7.7%
8   White-throated Sparrow 40.3% 50.0% 9.7%
9   House Sparrow 39.4% 50.0% 10.6%
10   European Starling 38.5% 50.0% 11.5%
11   Blue Jay 35.2% 50.0% 14.8%
12   Mourning Dove 32.0% 50.0% 18.0%
13   Great Black-backed Gull 30.3% 50.0% 19.7%
14   American Robin 30.0% 50.0% 20.0%
15   Downy Woodpecker 27.7% 50.0% 22.3%
16   American Black Duck 27.3% 50.0% 22.7%
17   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.7% 50.0% 25.3%
18   Black-capped Chickadee 23.4% 50.0% 26.6%
19   Tufted Titmouse 21.1% 50.0% 28.9%
20   Red-winged Blackbird 18.8% 50.0% 31.2%
21   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.6% 50.0% 31.4%
22   Dark-eyed Junco 16.4% 50.0% 33.6%
23   Gadwall 15.7% 50.0% 34.3%
24   Ruddy Duck 15.5% 50.0% 34.5%
25   Carolina Wren 15.5% 50.0% 34.5%
26   Mute Swan 15.4% 50.0% 34.6%
27   Common Grackle 13.5% 50.0% 36.5%
28   Great Blue Heron 11.4% 50.0% 38.6%
29   Greater Scaup 9.8% 50.0% 40.2%
30   Common Loon 9.1% 50.0% 40.9%
31   Horned Grebe 8.3% 50.0% 41.7%
32   Red-throated Loon 7.6% 50.0% 42.4%
33   Common Goldeneye 7.3% 50.0% 42.7%
34   Bald Eagle 5.8% 50.0% 44.2%
35   Lesser Scaup 4.8% 50.0% 45.2%
36   Pied-billed Grebe 3.8% 50.0% 46.2%