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

based on 186 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Fort Tilden in September. 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   Herring Gull 30.7% 75.3% 44.5%
2   Northern Mockingbird 31.5% 71.0% 39.5%
3   Great Black-backed Gull 18.5% 68.3% 49.8%
4   European Starling 48.4% 66.1% 17.7%
5   Osprey 25.4% 63.4% 38.1%
6   Ring-billed Gull 25.1% 63.4% 38.4%
7   Gray Catbird 60.6% 62.9% 2.3%
8   Double-crested Cormorant 31.9% 62.9% 31.0%
9   Common Yellowthroat 45.1% 61.8% 16.7%
10   Mourning Dove 53.2% 60.2% 7.0%
11   House Sparrow 45.9% 56.5% 10.6%
12   Northern Flicker 43.2% 56.5% 13.3%
13   American Robin 60.3% 55.4% 4.9%
14   Rock Pigeon 36.7% 55.4% 18.6%
15   Northern Cardinal 50.4% 52.2% 1.8%
16   Laughing Gull 18.6% 50.5% 32.0%
17   Song Sparrow 28.6% 50.0% 21.4%
18   Eastern Towhee 7.7% 47.3% 39.7%
19   Carolina Wren 26.8% 44.6% 17.8%
20   American Crow 16.9% 43.5% 26.6%
21   Sanderling 2.8% 43.5% 40.8%
22   Palm Warbler 15.0% 41.4% 26.4%
23   Cedar Waxwing 16.4% 39.8% 23.4%
24   Eastern Phoebe 17.9% 39.2% 21.4%
25   American Redstart 43.0% 34.4% 8.6%
26   American Goldfinch 27.7% 34.4% 6.7%
27   House Finch 14.8% 33.9% 19.1%
28   Merlin 5.3% 33.3% 28.0%
29   American Oystercatcher 5.0% 33.3% 28.4%
30   Tree Swallow 7.0% 32.8% 25.8%
31   Canada Goose 37.8% 32.3% 5.6%
32   American Kestrel 10.8% 29.0% 18.2%
33   Red-eyed Vireo 25.1% 28.0% 2.9%
34   House Wren 17.3% 28.0% 10.7%
35   Northern Parula 27.0% 26.9% 0.1%
36   Savannah Sparrow 6.3% 26.9% 20.6%
37   Black-and-white Warbler 31.7% 26.3% 5.4%
38   Northern Waterthrush 15.7% 25.3% 9.5%
39   Red-winged Blackbird 12.1% 22.6% 10.5%
40   Blue Jay 51.9% 21.5% 30.4%
41   Downy Woodpecker 31.9% 21.0% 10.9%
42   Black-bellied Plover 4.4% 21.0% 16.6%
43   Common Tern 3.9% 21.0% 17.1%
44   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 21.0% 19.7%
45   Yellow Warbler 12.2% 20.4% 8.2%
46   Yellow-rumped Warbler 8.4% 20.4% 12.0%
47   Magnolia Warbler 22.8% 19.9% 2.9%
48   Chimney Swift 22.5% 19.9% 2.6%
49   Black-capped Chickadee 12.7% 18.3% 5.6%
50   Eastern Wood-Pewee 19.5% 16.7% 2.9%
51   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.0% 16.7% 12.7%
52   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 16.6% 16.1% 0.5%
53   Royal Tern 2.9% 16.1% 13.3%
54   Brown Thrasher 8.7% 15.6% 6.9%
55   Barn Swallow 4.7% 15.6% 10.9%
56   Peregrine Falcon 7.4% 14.5% 7.1%
57   Prairie Warbler 4.3% 14.5% 10.2%
58   Northern Harrier 3.6% 14.5% 11.0%
59   Sharp-shinned Hawk 5.3% 14.0% 8.7%
60   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 11.5% 13.4% 1.9%
61   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.9% 12.9% 5.0%
62   Killdeer 7.4% 12.4% 4.9%
63   Cooper's Hawk 7.4% 12.4% 5.0%
64   Black-throated Blue Warbler 16.8% 11.8% 5.0%
65   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.6% 11.8% 4.2%
66   Blackpoll Warbler 10.4% 11.3% 0.9%
67   Forster's Tern 4.1% 11.3% 7.2%
68   Common Grackle 24.0% 10.8% 13.3%
69   Baltimore Oriole 7.8% 10.8% 3.0%
70   Swamp Sparrow 5.0% 10.8% 5.8%
71   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8.1% 10.2% 2.2%
72   Cape May Warbler 6.9% 10.2% 3.3%
73   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 10.2% 9.6%
74   White-throated Sparrow 9.6% 9.7% 0.1%
75   Semipalmated Plover 7.0% 9.7% 2.6%
76   Whimbrel 0.5% 9.7% 9.2%
77   Indigo Bunting 4.4% 9.1% 4.7%
78   White-eyed Vireo 3.5% 9.1% 5.6%
79   Least Flycatcher 3.4% 8.6% 5.2%
80   Black Skimmer 1.6% 8.1% 6.4%
81   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4.8% 7.5% 2.7%
82   Nashville Warbler 4.7% 7.5% 2.9%
83   Eastern Kingbird 3.0% 7.5% 4.5%
84   Ovenbird 12.7% 7.0% 5.7%
85   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.2% 7.0% 1.8%
86   Bobolink 3.1% 7.0% 3.8%
87   Black-throated Green Warbler 12.3% 6.5% 5.8%
88   Chestnut-sided Warbler 10.2% 5.9% 4.3%
89   Tennessee Warbler 6.0% 5.9% 0.1%
90   Lincoln's Sparrow 4.0% 5.9% 2.0%
91   Scarlet Tanager 9.8% 5.4% 4.4%
92   Red-bellied Woodpecker 29.6% 4.8% 24.8%
93   Swainson's Thrush 14.8% 4.8% 10.0%
94   Bald Eagle 4.8% 4.8% 0.1%
95   Wilson's Warbler 3.9% 4.8% 0.9%
96   Red-tailed Hawk 18.8% 4.3% 14.5%
97   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.8% 4.3% 3.5%
98   Great Blue Heron 24.8% 3.8% 21.0%
99   Veery 11.6% 3.8% 7.8%
100   Field Sparrow 2.4% 3.8% 1.4%
101   Common Loon 0.5% 3.8% 3.2%
102   Mute Swan 11.5% 3.2% 8.2%
103   Least Sandpiper 7.2% 3.2% 4.0%
104   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2.6% 3.2% 0.6%
105   Purple Finch 1.4% 3.2% 1.8%
106   Lark Sparrow 0.6% 3.2% 2.7%
107   Black-crowned Night-Heron 8.0% 2.7% 5.3%
108   Dark-eyed Junco 1.4% 2.7% 1.3%
109   Willet 1.0% 2.7% 1.7%
110   Pine Warbler 5.4% 2.2% 3.3%
111   Canada Warbler 4.1% 2.2% 2.0%
112   Broad-winged Hawk 3.2% 2.2% 1.1%
113   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.1% 2.2% 0.0%
114   Dunlin 0.7% 2.2% 1.5%
115   Northern Gannet 0.0% 2.2% 2.1%
116   Great Egret 20.1% 1.6% 18.5%
117   Belted Kingfisher 12.1% 1.6% 10.5%
118   Greater Yellowlegs 8.9% 1.6% 7.2%
119   Warbling Vireo 8.2% 1.6% 6.6%
120   Chipping Sparrow 6.6% 1.6% 5.0%
121   Common Raven 5.4% 1.6% 3.8%
122   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3.8% 1.6% 2.2%
123   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.7% 1.6% 0.9%
124   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.6% 1.6% 1.0%
125   White-crowned Sparrow 0.4% 1.6% 1.2%
126   Mallard 36.7% 1.1% 35.7%
127   White-breasted Nuthatch 13.5% 1.1% 12.5%
128   Wood Duck 10.0% 1.1% 9.0%
129   Turkey Vulture 8.4% 1.1% 7.3%
130   Bay-breasted Warbler 4.4% 1.1% 3.3%
131   Marsh Wren 3.5% 1.1% 2.5%
132   Blue-headed Vireo 3.3% 1.1% 2.2%
133   Fish Crow 2.9% 1.1% 1.8%
134   Connecticut Warbler 2.0% 1.1% 0.9%
135   Winter Wren 1.8% 1.1% 0.7%
136   Caspian Tern 1.5% 1.1% 0.4%
137   Dickcissel 0.9% 1.1% 0.2%
138   American Golden-Plover 0.8% 1.1% 0.2%
139   Piping Plover 0.7% 1.1% 0.3%
140   Black Scoter 0.2% 1.1% 0.9%
141   Surf Scoter 0.1% 1.1% 1.0%
142   Eastern Meadowlark 0.0% 1.1% 1.0%
143   American Black Duck 8.0% 0.5% 7.5%
144   Lesser Yellowlegs 6.5% 0.5% 5.9%
145   Wood Thrush 5.2% 0.5% 4.7%
146   Spotted Sandpiper 5.0% 0.5% 4.4%
147   Gadwall 4.6% 0.5% 4.0%
148   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4.0% 0.5% 3.5%
149   Northern Shoveler 3.8% 0.5% 3.3%
150   Common Nighthawk 2.8% 0.5% 2.3%
151   Philadelphia Vireo 2.0% 0.5% 1.5%
152   Clapper Rail 1.9% 0.5% 1.4%
153   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1.7% 0.5% 1.2%
154   Brown Creeper 1.3% 0.5% 0.8%
155   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.1% 0.5% 0.5%
156   Sora 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
157   Western Sandpiper 0.9% 0.5% 0.3%
158   Baird's Sandpiper 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
159   Mourning Warbler 0.6% 0.5% 0.0%
160   Hermit Thrush 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
161   Red Knot 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
162   American Pipit 0.4% 0.5% 0.2%
163   Seaside Sparrow 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
164   Bank Swallow 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
165   Least Tern 0.2% 0.5% 0.4%
166   Cliff Swallow 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
167   Alder Flycatcher 0.1% 0.5% 0.5%
168   Parasitic Jaeger 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
169   Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
170   Kentucky Warbler 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
171   Purple Sandpiper 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%