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Top Birds at Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 206 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 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   Double-crested Cormorant 31.8% 91.3% 59.5%
2   Ring-billed Gull 30.2% 87.4% 57.1%
3   Herring Gull 32.5% 85.0% 52.4%
4   Song Sparrow 55.1% 76.7% 21.6%
5   Great Blue Heron 21.7% 76.7% 55.0%
6   Great Black-backed Gull 18.8% 66.0% 47.2%
7   Blue Jay 56.2% 61.7% 5.4%
8   American Robin 57.6% 60.2% 2.6%
9   Osprey 12.4% 54.9% 42.5%
10   Northern Mockingbird 36.2% 54.4% 18.2%
11   European Starling 46.6% 49.0% 2.4%
12   Laughing Gull 13.6% 48.5% 34.9%
13   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.4% 48.1% 2.4%
14   Great Egret 14.1% 48.1% 33.9%
15   Carolina Wren 22.2% 46.6% 24.4%
16   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.0% 45.1% 10.2%
17   White-throated Sparrow 57.7% 44.7% 13.1%
18   House Sparrow 46.8% 42.2% 4.6%
19   Northern Cardinal 44.5% 39.3% 5.2%
20   American Black Duck 13.3% 39.3% 26.1%
21   Mourning Dove 45.8% 38.8% 6.9%
22   Downy Woodpecker 29.6% 38.8% 9.3%
23   Swamp Sparrow 32.8% 37.9% 5.1%
24   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.6% 35.4% 10.2%
25   Savannah Sparrow 19.4% 33.0% 13.6%
26   Northern Flicker 38.6% 32.5% 6.0%
27   Canada Goose 40.8% 32.0% 8.8%
28   Eastern Phoebe 36.4% 32.0% 4.4%
29   Black-capped Chickadee 18.3% 32.0% 13.8%
30   Tufted Titmouse 19.0% 31.6% 12.6%
31   Mallard 38.6% 31.1% 7.6%
32   American Crow 23.3% 30.6% 7.2%
33   Gray Catbird 38.5% 28.6% 9.9%
34   Common Yellowthroat 26.3% 27.7% 1.4%
35   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.2% 25.2% 5.0%
36   Killdeer 6.1% 25.2% 19.2%
37   Red-tailed Hawk 22.5% 24.3% 1.7%
38   Common Grackle 21.1% 21.8% 0.7%
39   Belted Kingfisher 13.0% 20.4% 7.4%
40   Palm Warbler 31.0% 19.4% 11.6%
41   American Goldfinch 23.8% 19.4% 4.4%
42   Brant 9.5% 19.4% 9.9%
43   Bald Eagle 5.3% 17.5% 12.1%
44   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.2% 16.5% 12.3%
45   House Finch 18.0% 16.0% 2.0%
46   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 15.0% 7.3%
47   Golden-crowned Kinglet 28.9% 13.6% 15.3%
48   Cooper's Hawk 14.6% 13.6% 1.0%
49   Mute Swan 10.8% 13.6% 2.8%
50   White-crowned Sparrow 11.2% 12.6% 1.4%
51   Snowy Egret 5.4% 12.6% 7.2%
52   Great Cormorant 1.1% 11.7% 10.5%
53   Dark-eyed Junco 26.0% 11.2% 14.9%
54   Rock Pigeon 35.6% 10.7% 24.9%
55   Eastern Towhee 21.0% 10.7% 10.3%
56   Common Loon 2.3% 10.2% 7.9%
57   Red-winged Blackbird 15.8% 9.7% 6.1%
58   Field Sparrow 11.5% 9.7% 1.8%
59   Bufflehead 1.6% 9.7% 8.2%
60   Fish Crow 2.6% 9.2% 6.6%
61   House Wren 9.2% 8.7% 0.5%
62   Hooded Merganser 1.1% 8.7% 7.6%
63   Common Raven 5.8% 8.3% 2.5%
64   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.9% 7.8% 2.2%
65   Purple Finch 7.0% 7.8% 0.8%
66   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.8% 7.8% 1.0%
67   Red-breasted Merganser 0.6% 7.8% 7.2%
68   Blackpoll Warbler 10.2% 6.8% 3.4%
69   Hermit Thrush 23.6% 6.3% 17.3%
70   Merlin 7.4% 6.3% 1.1%
71   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.8% 5.8% 16.9%
72   Chipping Sparrow 20.8% 5.8% 15.0%
73   Wild Turkey 1.4% 5.3% 4.0%
74   Greater Yellowlegs 7.3% 4.9% 2.4%
75   Tree Swallow 5.7% 4.4% 1.3%
76   Black-bellied Plover 4.1% 4.4% 0.3%
77   American Kestrel 12.9% 3.9% 9.1%
78   Northern Parula 11.0% 3.9% 7.1%
79   Cedar Waxwing 10.1% 3.9% 6.2%
80   Red-throated Loon 0.7% 3.9% 3.2%
81   Black-and-white Warbler 9.5% 3.4% 6.1%
82   Brown Creeper 10.7% 2.9% 7.8%
83   Winter Wren 10.0% 2.9% 7.1%
84   Turkey Vulture 9.6% 2.9% 6.7%
85   Chimney Swift 8.5% 2.9% 5.6%
86   Peregrine Falcon 7.9% 2.9% 4.9%
87   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.8% 2.9% 2.9%
88   Forster's Tern 2.4% 2.9% 0.5%
89   Greater Scaup 0.6% 2.9% 2.3%
90   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.1% 2.4% 9.6%
91   Wood Duck 9.9% 2.4% 7.5%
92   Ruddy Duck 8.2% 2.4% 5.8%
93   Dickcissel 0.9% 2.4% 1.5%
94   Surf Scoter 0.8% 2.4% 1.7%
95   Blue-headed Vireo 11.2% 1.9% 9.2%
96   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.9% 1.9% 6.0%
97   American Redstart 7.9% 1.9% 6.0%
98   Northern Harrier 5.9% 1.9% 3.9%
99   Brown Thrasher 5.4% 1.9% 3.5%
100   Pine Siskin 4.5% 1.9% 2.6%
101   Pied-billed Grebe 4.0% 1.9% 2.0%
102   Wilson's Warbler 0.6% 1.9% 1.3%
103   Magnolia Warbler 7.6% 1.5% 6.2%
104   Pine Warbler 6.6% 1.5% 5.1%
105   Green-winged Teal 6.0% 1.5% 4.5%
106   Indigo Bunting 4.8% 1.5% 3.3%
107   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.4% 1.5% 2.9%
108   Nashville Warbler 3.6% 1.5% 2.1%
109   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 1.5% 0.5%
110   Pileated Woodpecker 1.4% 1.5% 0.1%
111   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.9% 1.5% 0.6%
112   White-winged Scoter 0.5% 1.5% 1.0%
113   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 1.5% 1.1%
114   Gadwall 8.1% 1.0% 7.1%
115   Red-eyed Vireo 5.7% 1.0% 4.7%
116   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.6% 1.0% 4.7%
117   Dunlin 2.5% 1.0% 1.6%
118   Tennessee Warbler 2.5% 1.0% 1.5%
119   American Pipit 2.4% 1.0% 1.5%
120   Vesper Sparrow 2.4% 1.0% 1.4%
121   Sanderling 1.7% 1.0% 0.7%
122   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 1.0% 0.5%
123   Spotted Sandpiper 0.9% 1.0% 0.1%
124   American Bittern 0.3% 1.0% 0.7%
125   Least Flycatcher 0.3% 1.0% 0.7%
126   Parasitic Jaeger 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
127   Northern Shoveler 8.8% 0.5% 8.3%
128   American Wigeon 3.0% 0.5% 2.5%
129   Monk Parakeet 2.3% 0.5% 1.8%
130   Marsh Wren 2.3% 0.5% 1.8%
131   Nelson's Sparrow 2.1% 0.5% 1.6%
132   Eastern Meadowlark 1.8% 0.5% 1.3%
133   Semipalmated Plover 1.4% 0.5% 0.9%
134   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1.2% 0.5% 0.7%
135   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.2% 0.5% 0.7%
136   Yellow Warbler 1.2% 0.5% 0.7%
137   Black Scoter 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
138   Northern Gannet 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
139   Fox Sparrow 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
140   Great Horned Owl 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
141   Ruddy Turnstone 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
142   Lesser Scaup 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
143   Common Merganser 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
144   American White Pelican 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
145   Long-tailed Duck 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
146   Red-necked Grebe 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%