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Top Birds at Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 317 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot in January. 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 51.8% 94.0% 42.2%
2   Herring Gull 43.1% 88.0% 44.9%
3   Bufflehead 31.6% 86.1% 54.5%
4   Red-breasted Merganser 19.0% 81.1% 62.1%
5   Brant 20.3% 77.6% 57.3%
6   Rock Pigeon 28.6% 71.3% 42.7%
7   Greater Scaup 9.6% 62.8% 53.1%
8   Great Black-backed Gull 31.5% 62.1% 30.7%
9   European Starling 35.9% 56.2% 20.3%
10   Common Loon 10.4% 54.6% 44.1%
11   Common Goldeneye 6.8% 50.2% 43.4%
12   Purple Sandpiper 1.7% 48.6% 46.9%
13   Long-tailed Duck 9.0% 39.4% 30.4%
14   Red-throated Loon 7.2% 28.7% 21.5%
15   American Black Duck 27.9% 23.3% 4.5%
16   Bonaparte's Gull 2.2% 21.8% 19.6%
17   Canada Goose 53.6% 20.5% 33.1%
18   Fish Crow 4.9% 20.5% 15.6%
19   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.1% 19.6% 18.4%
20   Mallard 49.1% 19.2% 29.9%
21   Double-crested Cormorant 13.8% 18.3% 4.5%
22   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 13.9% 8.8%
23   Horned Grebe 7.2% 8.8% 1.6%
24   Northern Gannet 2.1% 6.9% 4.8%
25   American Kestrel 3.8% 4.1% 0.3%
26   House Sparrow 35.8% 3.8% 32.0%
27   American Crow 18.3% 3.8% 14.5%
28   Red-tailed Hawk 21.9% 2.8% 19.0%
29   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 2.5% 2.7%
30   Northern Mockingbird 23.7% 2.2% 21.5%
31   Great Cormorant 4.8% 2.2% 2.6%
32   Black Scoter 2.9% 2.2% 0.7%
33   Redhead 2.4% 2.2% 0.2%
34   Little Gull 0.0% 2.2% 2.2%
35   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 1.9% 14.7%
36   Turkey Vulture 4.8% 1.9% 2.9%
37   Sanderling 4.1% 1.9% 2.2%
38   Iceland Gull 1.0% 1.9% 0.9%
39   Mourning Dove 29.5% 1.6% 27.9%
40   Blue Jay 34.0% 1.3% 32.8%
41   Surf Scoter 2.8% 1.3% 1.5%
42   Razorbill 1.3% 1.3% 0.0%
43   Song Sparrow 32.4% 0.9% 31.4%
44   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
45   Thick-billed Murre 0.1% 0.9% 0.9%
46   American Robin 25.0% 0.6% 24.3%
47   Mute Swan 14.5% 0.6% 13.9%
48   Bald Eagle 5.2% 0.6% 4.6%
49   Canvasback 3.1% 0.6% 2.5%
50   Horned Lark 2.2% 0.6% 1.6%
51   Snow Bunting 1.6% 0.6% 0.9%
52   Common Eider 1.5% 0.6% 0.8%
53   Tree Swallow 0.7% 0.6% 0.1%
54   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
55   Glaucous Gull 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
56   Mew Gull 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%
57   Gadwall 16.8% 0.3% 16.5%
58   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 0.3% 8.1%
59   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 0.3% 6.9%
60   Northern Flicker 6.9% 0.3% 6.6%
61   American Wigeon 6.3% 0.3% 5.9%
62   Common Grackle 5.2% 0.3% 4.9%
63   Pied-billed Grebe 4.6% 0.3% 4.2%
64   Northern Pintail 3.6% 0.3% 3.3%
65   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.4% 0.3% 2.0%
66   Merlin 1.9% 0.3% 1.6%
67   Dunlin 1.7% 0.3% 1.4%
68   Red-necked Grebe 0.6% 0.3% 0.2%