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

based on 209 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot in December. 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 49.5% 92.8% 43.3%
2   Herring Gull 41.7% 91.9% 50.2%
3   Bufflehead 28.0% 80.4% 52.4%
4   Brant 18.6% 76.1% 57.4%
5   Rock Pigeon 30.5% 75.6% 45.1%
6   Red-breasted Merganser 14.7% 71.3% 56.6%
7   European Starling 38.8% 66.0% 27.3%
8   Great Black-backed Gull 29.3% 63.6% 34.4%
9   Common Loon 8.9% 56.5% 47.6%
10   Purple Sandpiper 1.5% 48.8% 47.3%
11   Bonaparte's Gull 1.6% 30.6% 29.0%
12   Greater Scaup 6.7% 28.7% 22.0%
13   Long-tailed Duck 6.2% 26.8% 20.6%
14   Red-throated Loon 6.8% 26.3% 19.5%
15   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 20.6% 2.7%
16   Fish Crow 5.1% 17.2% 12.1%
17   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.7% 17.2% 15.5%
18   American Black Duck 26.7% 16.3% 10.4%
19   Canada Goose 51.8% 14.4% 37.4%
20   Mallard 48.5% 11.5% 37.0%
21   House Sparrow 38.6% 11.5% 27.1%
22   Common Goldeneye 3.8% 10.5% 6.7%
23   Laughing Gull 0.6% 8.6% 8.0%
24   Northern Gannet 3.1% 8.1% 5.0%
25   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 7.7% 4.0%
26   American Kestrel 5.9% 7.2% 1.3%
27   Red-tailed Hawk 24.7% 5.7% 18.9%
28   American Crow 20.7% 5.3% 15.4%
29   Northern Mockingbird 28.5% 4.3% 24.2%
30   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 4.3% 3.8%
31   Horned Grebe 5.3% 3.3% 1.9%
32   Great Cormorant 3.8% 3.3% 0.4%
33   Black Scoter 2.6% 3.3% 0.7%
34   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 2.9% 2.9%
35   Common Raven 4.5% 2.9% 1.6%
36   American Pipit 1.0% 2.4% 1.4%
37   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 2.4% 1.9%
38   Mourning Dove 36.3% 1.9% 34.4%
39   Sanderling 3.2% 1.9% 1.3%
40   Blue Jay 40.0% 1.4% 38.6%
41   Song Sparrow 37.2% 1.4% 35.8%
42   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 1.4% 3.9%
43   White-throated Sparrow 48.9% 1.0% 47.9%
44   American Goldfinch 20.5% 1.0% 19.6%
45   American Wigeon 6.2% 1.0% 5.3%
46   White-winged Scoter 2.1% 1.0% 1.1%
47   Common Eider 1.2% 1.0% 0.2%
48   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.8% 0.5% 28.3%
49   Great Blue Heron 20.3% 0.5% 19.8%
50   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 0.5% 15.2%
51   Mute Swan 14.0% 0.5% 13.5%
52   Northern Flicker 11.0% 0.5% 10.5%
53   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 0.5% 10.3%
54   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 0.5% 8.7%
55   Ring-necked Duck 4.0% 0.5% 3.5%
56   Cedar Waxwing 3.7% 0.5% 3.2%
57   Horned Lark 2.7% 0.5% 2.3%
58   Merlin 2.3% 0.5% 1.9%
59   Surf Scoter 2.3% 0.5% 1.9%
60   Snow Goose 2.2% 0.5% 1.7%
61   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 0.5% 1.7%
62   Snow Bunting 2.0% 0.5% 1.6%
63   Tree Swallow 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
64   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 0.5% 0.2%
65   Ruddy Turnstone 0.5% 0.5% 0.1%
66   Glaucous Gull 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
67   Short-billed Gull 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
68   Mew Gull 0.0% 0.5% 0.4%