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

based on 64 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 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   Long-tailed Duck 7.7% 81.2% 73.5%
2   Common Loon 9.0% 79.7% 70.7%
3   Herring Gull 42.3% 68.8% 26.5%
4   Red-throated Loon 7.6% 60.9% 53.4%
5   Sanderling 2.6% 59.4% 56.8%
6   Purple Sandpiper 0.9% 59.4% 58.5%
7   Great Black-backed Gull 30.3% 51.6% 21.2%
8   Dunlin 1.1% 48.4% 47.3%
9   Snow Bunting 1.3% 40.6% 39.4%
10   Harlequin Duck 0.7% 39.1% 38.4%
11   Red-breasted Merganser 20.1% 35.9% 15.8%
12   Razorbill 0.9% 32.8% 32.0%
13   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 29.7% 24.7%
14   Song Sparrow 34.5% 26.6% 8.0%
15   Northern Harrier 4.9% 26.6% 21.7%
16   Northern Mockingbird 23.9% 25.0% 1.1%
17   Brant 20.8% 25.0% 4.2%
18   Common Eider 0.9% 25.0% 24.1%
19   Black Scoter 2.4% 23.4% 21.1%
20   Ring-billed Gull 51.5% 21.9% 29.7%
21   Horned Lark 2.3% 20.3% 18.0%
22   Northern Gannet 1.2% 20.3% 19.1%
23   Canada Goose 55.7% 18.8% 37.0%
24   American Black Duck 27.3% 17.2% 10.1%
25   Horned Grebe 8.3% 17.2% 8.9%
26   Bonaparte's Gull 0.7% 17.2% 16.5%
27   Black-bellied Plover 0.6% 17.2% 16.6%
28   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 14.1% 26.0%
29   American Crow 21.0% 14.1% 7.0%
30   Double-crested Cormorant 11.5% 14.1% 2.5%
31   Surf Scoter 2.2% 14.1% 11.9%
32   White-winged Scoter 1.5% 14.1% 12.6%
33   Tree Swallow 0.7% 12.5% 11.8%
34   American Robin 30.1% 10.9% 19.1%
35   Black-capped Chickadee 23.4% 10.9% 12.5%
36   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.8% 10.9% 9.1%
37   Savannah Sparrow 1.3% 10.9% 9.6%
38   Mallard 50.4% 9.4% 41.0%
39   Snowy Owl 1.1% 6.2% 5.1%
40   White-throated Sparrow 40.4% 4.7% 35.7%
41   Downy Woodpecker 27.7% 4.7% 23.1%
42   Red-winged Blackbird 18.8% 4.7% 14.1%
43   Northern Shoveler 16.5% 4.7% 11.8%
44   Greater Scaup 9.8% 4.7% 5.1%
45   American Tree Sparrow 7.7% 4.7% 3.0%
46   Peregrine Falcon 5.0% 4.7% 0.3%
47   Killdeer 3.9% 4.7% 0.8%
48   Ruddy Turnstone 0.4% 4.7% 4.3%
49   European Starling 38.5% 3.1% 35.4%
50   Gadwall 15.8% 3.1% 12.6%
51   Cooper's Hawk 7.5% 3.1% 4.4%
52   Fox Sparrow 7.3% 3.1% 4.2%
53   Common Goldeneye 7.3% 3.1% 4.2%
54   Common Raven 3.5% 3.1% 0.4%
55   American Kestrel 3.4% 3.1% 0.3%
56   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.2% 3.1% 0.9%
57   Merlin 2.1% 3.1% 1.1%
58   Iceland Gull 1.1% 3.1% 2.0%
59   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.9% 3.1% 2.2%
60   Red Knot 0.1% 3.1% 3.0%
61   House Sparrow 39.5% 1.6% 37.9%
62   Bufflehead 32.3% 1.6% 30.7%
63   Mourning Dove 32.1% 1.6% 30.5%
64   Rock Pigeon 28.4% 1.6% 26.8%
65   Red-tailed Hawk 23.3% 1.6% 21.7%
66   Dark-eyed Junco 16.4% 1.6% 14.8%
67   House Finch 13.7% 1.6% 12.1%
68   American Goldfinch 12.3% 1.6% 10.7%
69   Great Blue Heron 11.4% 1.6% 9.8%
70   American Coot 10.6% 1.6% 9.1%
71   Common Merganser 8.8% 1.6% 7.2%
72   Bald Eagle 5.8% 1.6% 4.3%
73   Thick-billed Murre 0.2% 1.6% 1.4%
74   Common Murre 0% 1.6% 1.6%