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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 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 101 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 7.6% 83.2% 75.6%
2   Common Loon 9.0% 77.2% 68.2%
3   American Herring Gull 41.2% 68.3% 27.1%
4   Sanderling 2.6% 63.4% 60.8%
5   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 57.4% 50.1%
6   Great Black-backed Gull 28.2% 54.5% 26.3%
7   Purple Sandpiper 1.0% 53.5% 52.4%
8   Dunlin 1.0% 52.5% 51.4%
9   Harlequin Duck 0.7% 44.6% 43.9%
10   Black Scoter 2.6% 42.6% 40.0%
11   Red-breasted Merganser 20.0% 39.6% 19.7%
12   Razorbill 1.0% 39.6% 38.6%
13   Brant 20.1% 33.7% 13.6%
14   Song Sparrow 34.3% 30.7% 3.6%
15   Snow Bunting 1.2% 30.7% 29.5%
16   Common Eider 0.9% 30.7% 29.8%
17   Ring-billed Gull 50.7% 29.7% 21.0%
18   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.8% 29.7% 24.9%
19   Horned Lark 2.1% 27.7% 25.6%
20   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 27.7% 27.1%
21   Northern Mockingbird 24.0% 25.7% 1.8%
22   Northern Harrier 4.3% 23.8% 19.5%
23   Canada Goose 56.2% 18.8% 37.4%
24   Horned Grebe 7.9% 17.8% 9.9%
25   Surf Scoter 2.5% 17.8% 15.3%
26   Northern Gannet 1.0% 15.8% 14.8%
27   American Black Duck 26.7% 13.9% 12.9%
28   Black-bellied Plover 0.6% 13.9% 13.2%
29   Northern Cardinal 40.6% 11.9% 28.8%
30   White-winged Scoter 1.5% 11.9% 10.4%
31   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 11.9% 10.7%
32   American Robin 32.3% 10.9% 21.4%
33   Double-crested Cormorant 12.0% 10.9% 1.1%
34   American Crow 21.4% 9.9% 11.5%
35   Peregrine Falcon 4.6% 8.9% 4.3%
36   Tree Swallow 0.6% 7.9% 7.3%
37   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 7.9% 7.4%
38   Mallard 50.0% 6.9% 43.1%
39   Black-capped Chickadee 22.1% 6.9% 15.2%
40   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.6% 6.9% 5.3%
41   White-throated Sparrow 41.7% 5.9% 35.7%
42   Red-winged Blackbird 18.4% 5.9% 12.4%
43   House Finch 13.8% 5.9% 7.9%
44   Common Goldeneye 6.9% 5.0% 1.9%
45   Snowy Owl 0.9% 5.0% 4.1%
46   European Starling 38.3% 4.0% 34.4%
47   Killdeer 3.8% 4.0% 0.1%
48   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 4.0% 3.1%
49   Downy Woodpecker 27.8% 3.0% 24.8%
50   Northern Shoveler 16.5% 3.0% 13.6%
51   Greater Scaup 9.6% 3.0% 6.6%
52   Cooper's Hawk 7.7% 3.0% 4.8%
53   American Tree Sparrow 6.8% 3.0% 3.8%
54   Common Raven 4.3% 3.0% 1.3%
55   American Kestrel 3.4% 3.0% 0.4%
56   Merlin 2.0% 3.0% 1.0%
57   Iceland Gull 1.0% 3.0% 2.0%
58   Ruddy Turnstone 0.4% 3.0% 2.6%
59   Red Knot 0.1% 3.0% 2.9%
60   House Sparrow 40.5% 2.0% 38.5%
61   Mourning Dove 33.4% 2.0% 31.4%
62   Bufflehead 32.0% 2.0% 30.1%
63   Rock Pigeon 29.1% 2.0% 27.1%
64   Red-tailed Hawk 23.1% 2.0% 21.1%
65   Gadwall 15.6% 2.0% 13.6%
66   American Goldfinch 11.4% 2.0% 9.4%
67   Fox Sparrow 7.3% 2.0% 5.3%
68   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.0% 2.0% 0.0%
69   Dark-eyed Junco 16.2% 1.0% 15.2%
70   Mute Swan 15.0% 1.0% 14.0%
71   Great Blue Heron 11.8% 1.0% 10.8%
72   American Coot 10.7% 1.0% 9.7%
73   Common Merganser 9.5% 1.0% 8.5%
74   Fish Crow 7.4% 1.0% 6.4%
75   Bald Eagle 6.2% 1.0% 5.2%
76   Swamp Sparrow 3.6% 1.0% 2.6%
77   Snow Goose 2.4% 1.0% 1.5%
78   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.7% 1.0% 0.7%
79   Gray Catbird 1.7% 1.0% 0.7%
80   Lapland Longspur 0.6% 1.0% 0.4%
81   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 1.0% 0.5%
82   Thick-billed Murre 0.3% 1.0% 0.6%
83   American Oystercatcher 0.2% 1.0% 0.8%
84   Short-eared Owl 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
85   Common Murre 0% 1.0% 1.0%