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Top Birds at Fort Tilden in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 330 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Fort Tilden in October. 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   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.3% 83.9% 33.7%
2   Northern Mockingbird 36.0% 82.7% 46.7%
3   Song Sparrow 55.1% 79.1% 24.0%
4   Herring Gull 32.5% 76.4% 43.9%
5   Eastern Phoebe 36.2% 75.5% 39.2%
6   European Starling 46.5% 74.8% 28.4%
7   Northern Flicker 38.4% 73.6% 35.3%
8   Double-crested Cormorant 31.8% 68.8% 37.0%
9   Great Black-backed Gull 18.7% 68.2% 49.5%
10   White-throated Sparrow 57.7% 66.7% 9.0%
11   American Robin 57.5% 65.8% 8.2%
12   Mourning Dove 45.7% 63.6% 18.0%
13   Ring-billed Gull 30.3% 63.3% 33.1%
14   House Sparrow 46.7% 62.4% 15.7%
15   Savannah Sparrow 19.2% 60.3% 41.1%
16   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.5% 60.0% 14.5%
17   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 57.0% 21.6%
18   Palm Warbler 30.9% 55.5% 24.6%
19   Swamp Sparrow 32.7% 53.9% 21.3%
20   Merlin 7.2% 53.3% 46.1%
21   Gray Catbird 38.4% 53.0% 14.6%
22   Northern Cardinal 44.4% 51.2% 6.8%
23   Tree Swallow 5.5% 51.2% 45.8%
24   Golden-crowned Kinglet 28.8% 50.3% 21.5%
25   American Crow 23.2% 49.4% 26.2%
26   Canada Goose 40.8% 47.0% 6.2%
27   Dark-eyed Junco 25.9% 46.7% 20.8%
28   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.7% 46.7% 36.9%
29   Laughing Gull 13.6% 45.5% 31.9%
30   Carolina Wren 22.1% 44.8% 22.7%
31   Cooper's Hawk 14.4% 44.8% 30.4%
32   Common Yellowthroat 26.2% 43.9% 17.7%
33   Osprey 12.3% 43.9% 31.6%
34   House Finch 17.9% 41.2% 23.4%
35   Brant 9.4% 39.4% 30.0%
36   American Goldfinch 23.7% 39.1% 15.3%
37   Eastern Towhee 20.9% 37.9% 17.0%
38   Red-winged Blackbird 15.7% 37.0% 21.3%
39   American Kestrel 12.8% 37.0% 24.2%
40   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.6% 34.5% 28.9%
41   Chipping Sparrow 20.7% 33.6% 12.9%
42   Cedar Waxwing 10.0% 31.2% 21.2%
43   Royal Tern 3.3% 30.6% 27.3%
44   Blue Jay 56.4% 30.0% 26.4%
45   White-crowned Sparrow 11.1% 28.5% 17.4%
46   Downy Woodpecker 29.6% 27.0% 2.6%
47   Field Sparrow 11.4% 27.0% 15.5%
48   Peregrine Falcon 7.7% 26.4% 18.6%
49   Northern Harrier 5.8% 26.4% 20.6%
50   Hermit Thrush 23.6% 25.5% 1.9%
51   House Wren 9.1% 21.8% 12.7%
52   Sanderling 1.6% 20.6% 19.0%
53   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.1% 20.0% 15.1%
54   Black-capped Chickadee 18.3% 19.1% 0.8%
55   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.7% 16.7% 6.1%
56   Common Loon 2.2% 16.7% 14.5%
57   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.9% 16.4% 8.5%
58   Forster's Tern 2.4% 16.4% 14.0%
59   Purple Finch 6.9% 16.1% 9.2%
60   American Oystercatcher 2.0% 16.1% 14.1%
61   Pine Siskin 4.5% 15.8% 11.3%
62   Black-bellied Plover 4.0% 15.5% 11.5%
63   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.7% 15.2% 8.4%
64   Common Grackle 21.2% 14.8% 6.3%
65   Blackpoll Warbler 10.2% 14.5% 4.4%
66   Black Scoter 0.7% 14.5% 13.8%
67   Killdeer 6.1% 13.0% 6.9%
68   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 13.0% 12.4%
69   Northern Gannet 0.6% 12.4% 11.8%
70   Great Blue Heron 21.9% 12.1% 9.8%
71   Brown Creeper 10.6% 12.1% 1.5%
72   Northern Parula 11.0% 11.8% 0.8%
73   Pine Warbler 6.6% 11.5% 5.0%
74   Indigo Bunting 4.7% 11.2% 6.5%
75   American Pipit 2.4% 10.9% 8.5%
76   Red-tailed Hawk 22.6% 10.3% 12.3%
77   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.0% 9.7% 2.3%
78   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.3% 9.4% 10.9%
79   Red-eyed Vireo 5.7% 9.1% 3.4%
80   American Redstart 7.9% 8.2% 0.3%
81   Magnolia Warbler 7.6% 8.2% 0.6%
82   Common Raven 5.8% 8.2% 2.4%
83   Bald Eagle 5.3% 8.2% 2.8%
84   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.6% 7.9% 2.3%
85   Brown Thrasher 5.4% 7.9% 2.5%
86   Vesper Sparrow 2.3% 7.9% 5.6%
87   Eastern Meadowlark 1.8% 7.0% 5.2%
88   American Black Duck 13.4% 6.7% 6.7%
89   Blue-headed Vireo 11.2% 6.7% 4.5%
90   Black-and-white Warbler 9.5% 6.4% 3.1%
91   Chimney Swift 8.5% 6.4% 2.1%
92   White-winged Scoter 0.5% 6.4% 5.9%
93   Rusty Blackbird 1.4% 6.1% 4.7%
94   Red-throated Loon 0.7% 6.1% 5.4%
95   Great Egret 14.3% 5.5% 8.8%
96   Winter Wren 10.0% 5.5% 4.5%
97   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.4% 5.5% 1.1%
98   Surf Scoter 0.8% 5.2% 4.4%
99   Black Skimmer 0.5% 5.2% 4.6%
100   Wood Duck 9.9% 4.8% 5.0%
101   Dunlin 2.5% 4.8% 2.3%
102   Tufted Titmouse 19.1% 4.5% 14.5%
103   Mute Swan 10.8% 4.5% 6.3%
104   Swainson's Thrush 7.5% 4.5% 3.0%
105   Bobolink 0.6% 4.5% 4.0%
106   Common Eider 0.1% 4.5% 4.4%
107   Turkey Vulture 9.6% 4.2% 5.4%
108   Nashville Warbler 3.6% 3.9% 0.4%
109   Dickcissel 0.9% 3.9% 3.0%
110   Baltimore Oriole 1.1% 3.6% 2.5%
111   Blue Grosbeak 0.7% 3.6% 2.9%
112   Caspian Tern 0.4% 3.6% 3.2%
113   Whimbrel 0.0% 3.3% 3.3%
114   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.3% 3.0% 1.2%
115   Cape May Warbler 2.7% 3.0% 0.3%
116   Nelson's Sparrow 2.1% 3.0% 0.9%
117   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.9% 3.0% 2.2%
118   Mallard 38.8% 2.7% 36.1%
119   Tennessee Warbler 2.5% 2.7% 0.2%
120   Common Tern 0.5% 2.7% 2.2%
121   Green-winged Teal 6.0% 2.4% 3.6%
122   Red-breasted Merganser 0.6% 2.4% 1.8%
123   Eastern Bluebird 1.9% 2.1% 0.2%
124   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.3% 2.1% 0.8%
125   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 2.1% 1.2%
126   Western Kingbird 0.3% 2.1% 1.9%
127   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.9% 1.8% 0.1%
128   Great Cormorant 1.2% 1.8% 0.6%
129   Wilson's Warbler 0.6% 1.8% 1.2%
130   Ruddy Turnstone 0.4% 1.8% 1.4%
131   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 1.8% 1.4%
132   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 1.5% 6.3%
133   Fish Crow 2.6% 1.5% 1.1%
134   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1.2% 1.5% 0.3%
135   Yellow Warbler 1.2% 1.5% 0.4%
136   Broad-winged Hawk 0.7% 1.5% 0.8%
137   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.7% 1.5% 0.8%
138   Fox Sparrow 0.6% 1.5% 0.9%
139   Belted Kingfisher 13.1% 1.2% 11.9%
140   Greater Yellowlegs 7.3% 1.2% 6.1%
141   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 1.2% 0.7%
142   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1.2% 1.2% 0.0%
143   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.8% 1.2% 0.4%
144   Lark Sparrow 0.5% 1.2% 0.7%
145   Horned Lark 0.1% 1.2% 1.1%
146   Cattle Egret 0.1% 1.2% 1.1%
147   LeConte's Sparrow 0.1% 1.2% 1.1%
148   Gadwall 8.1% 0.9% 7.2%
149   Scarlet Tanager 3.5% 0.9% 2.6%
150   Marsh Wren 2.3% 0.9% 1.4%
151   Wilson's Snipe 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
152   American Golden-Plover 0.6% 0.9% 0.3%
153   Prairie Warbler 0.5% 0.9% 0.4%
154   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.5% 0.9% 0.4%
155   Cackling Goose 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
156   Long-tailed Duck 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
157   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.0% 0.9% 0.9%
158   Semipalmated Plover 1.4% 0.6% 0.7%
159   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.0% 0.6% 0.4%
160   Common Nighthawk 0.9% 0.6% 0.3%
161   Great Horned Owl 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
162   Greater Scaup 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
163   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
164   White-eyed Vireo 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
165   Philadelphia Vireo 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
166   Least Flycatcher 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
167   Barn Swallow 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
168   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
169   Parasitic Jaeger 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
170   Brown Pelican 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
171   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
172   Short-eared Owl 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%
173   Black-legged Kittiwake 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
174   Summer Tanager 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
175   Snowy Egret 5.5% 0.3% 5.2%
176   Northern Waterthrush 2.5% 0.3% 2.2%
177   Monk Parakeet 2.3% 0.3% 2.0%
178   Northern Pintail 1.7% 0.3% 1.4%
179   Bufflehead 1.6% 0.3% 1.3%
180   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.5% 0.3% 1.2%
181   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 0.3% 1.2%
182   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.2% 0.3% 0.9%
183   Blue-winged Teal 1.0% 0.3% 0.7%
184   Spotted Sandpiper 0.9% 0.3% 0.6%
185   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
186   Snow Goose 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
187   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
188   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
189   Horned Grebe 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
190   Budgerigar 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
191   Willet 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
192   Red Crossbill 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
193   Franklin's Gull 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
194   European Serin 0% 0.3% 0.3%
195   Cave Swallow 0% 0.3% 0.3%