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Top Birds at Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 5 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 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   Red-winged Blackbird 52.9% 100.0% 47.1%
2   Double-crested Cormorant 33.8% 100.0% 66.2%
3   Northern Mockingbird 27.4% 100.0% 72.6%
4   American Herring Gull 22.9% 100.0% 77.1%
5   Great Black-backed Gull 12.7% 100.0% 87.3%
6   American Oystercatcher 7.6% 100.0% 92.4%
7   Piping Plover 1.3% 100.0% 98.7%
8   Common Grackle 54.5% 80.0% 25.5%
9   Barn Swallow 30.9% 80.0% 49.1%
10   Osprey 16.9% 80.0% 63.1%
11   Willet 5.5% 80.0% 74.5%
12   Least Tern 3.7% 80.0% 76.3%
13   Mallard 47.7% 60.0% 12.3%
14   Common Yellowthroat 46.9% 60.0% 13.1%
15   Yellow Warbler 41.7% 60.0% 18.3%
16   Song Sparrow 35.5% 60.0% 24.5%
17   Tree Swallow 21.6% 60.0% 38.4%
18   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.0% 60.0% 40.0%
19   Laughing Gull 18.1% 60.0% 41.9%
20   Brant 10.6% 60.0% 49.4%
21   Killdeer 9.1% 60.0% 50.9%
22   Common Tern 5.8% 60.0% 54.2%
23   Common Loon 2.4% 60.0% 57.6%
24   Gray Catbird 65.6% 40.0% 25.6%
25   Mourning Dove 53.8% 40.0% 13.8%
26   Eastern Towhee 18.5% 40.0% 21.5%
27   Fish Crow 11.1% 40.0% 28.9%
28   Bank Swallow 2.4% 40.0% 37.6%
29   Sanderling 1.6% 40.0% 38.4%
30   European Starling 58.3% 20.0% 38.3%
31   House Sparrow 57.5% 20.0% 37.5%
32   Canada Goose 44.5% 20.0% 24.5%
33   Red-bellied Woodpecker 37.8% 20.0% 17.8%
34   Chimney Swift 30.9% 20.0% 10.9%
35   Northern Flicker 28.6% 20.0% 8.6%
36   Scarlet Tanager 18.2% 20.0% 1.8%
37   Ring-billed Gull 14.1% 20.0% 5.9%
38   Forster's Tern 7.8% 20.0% 12.2%
39   Least Sandpiper 7.0% 20.0% 13.0%
40   Brown Thrasher 6.5% 20.0% 13.5%
41   Willow Flycatcher 5.3% 20.0% 14.7%
42   Savannah Sparrow 5.1% 20.0% 14.9%
43   Boat-tailed Grackle 5.1% 20.0% 14.9%
44   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.7% 20.0% 15.3%
45   Marsh Wren 4.5% 20.0% 15.5%
46   Black-bellied Plover 3.3% 20.0% 16.7%
47   Peregrine Falcon 2.5% 20.0% 17.5%
48   Ruddy Turnstone 2.2% 20.0% 17.8%
49   Short-billed Dowitcher 1.8% 20.0% 18.2%
50   Red-throated Loon 0.9% 20.0% 19.1%
51   Black Scoter 0.3% 20.0% 19.7%
52   Purple Sandpiper 0.2% 20.0% 19.8%
53   Roseate Tern 0.1% 20.0% 19.9%
54   Common Eider 0.1% 20.0% 19.9%
55   Eastern Meadowlark 0.0% 20.0% 20.0%
56   Harlequin Duck 0.0% 20.0% 20.0%