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Top Birds at Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 10 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty in October. 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   Great Black-backed Gull 18.9% 90.0% 71.1%
2   Ring-billed Gull 30.4% 80.0% 49.6%
3   Herring Gull 32.7% 70.0% 37.3%
4   Double-crested Cormorant 31.9% 70.0% 38.1%
5   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.4% 40.0% 10.4%
6   Savannah Sparrow 19.4% 40.0% 20.6%
7   Northern Harrier 5.9% 40.0% 34.1%
8   Sanderling 1.7% 40.0% 38.3%
9   Laughing Gull 13.7% 30.0% 16.3%
10   Dunlin 2.5% 30.0% 27.5%
11   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 30.0% 29.3%
12   Ruddy Turnstone 0.4% 30.0% 29.6%
13   Piping Plover 0.1% 30.0% 29.9%
14   Song Sparrow 55.2% 20.0% 35.2%
15   Northern Flicker 38.6% 20.0% 18.6%
16   Eastern Phoebe 36.4% 20.0% 16.4%
17   Great Egret 14.2% 20.0% 5.8%
18   Merlin 7.4% 20.0% 12.6%
19   Black-bellied Plover 4.0% 20.0% 16.0%
20   Royal Tern 3.4% 20.0% 16.6%
21   Forster's Tern 2.4% 20.0% 17.6%
22   American Oystercatcher 2.0% 20.0% 18.0%
23   Common Tern 0.5% 20.0% 19.5%
24   American Robin 57.6% 10.0% 47.6%
25   House Sparrow 46.8% 10.0% 36.8%
26   Northern Cardinal 44.5% 10.0% 34.5%
27   Canada Goose 40.8% 10.0% 30.8%
28   Northern Mockingbird 36.3% 10.0% 26.3%
29   Palm Warbler 31.0% 10.0% 21.0%
30   Downy Woodpecker 29.6% 10.0% 19.6%
31   Common Yellowthroat 26.3% 10.0% 16.3%
32   Hermit Thrush 23.6% 10.0% 13.6%
33   American Crow 23.4% 10.0% 13.4%
34   Red-tailed Hawk 22.5% 10.0% 12.5%
35   Great Blue Heron 21.8% 10.0% 11.8%
36   Cooper's Hawk 14.6% 10.0% 4.6%
37   Osprey 12.5% 10.0% 2.5%
38   Mute Swan 10.8% 10.0% 0.8%
39   Peregrine Falcon 7.8% 10.0% 2.2%
40   Tree Swallow 5.7% 10.0% 4.3%
41   Fish Crow 2.6% 10.0% 7.4%
42   Semipalmated Plover 1.3% 10.0% 8.7%
43   Black Scoter 0.8% 10.0% 9.2%
44   Red-throated Loon 0.7% 10.0% 9.3%
45   Northern Gannet 0.7% 10.0% 9.3%
46   White-winged Scoter 0.5% 10.0% 9.5%
47   Common Eider 0.1% 10.0% 9.9%
48   Harlequin Duck 0.0% 10.0% 10.0%
49   Purple Sandpiper 0% 10.0% 10.0%