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

based on 352 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary in February. 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 51.2% 87.2% 36.0%
2   Herring Gull 42.0% 83.2% 41.2%
3   Bufflehead 31.8% 83.0% 51.1%
4   Red-breasted Merganser 19.7% 81.0% 61.3%
5   Canada Goose 55.5% 75.9% 20.4%
6   Mallard 50.2% 73.6% 23.4%
7   Great Black-backed Gull 30.1% 68.8% 38.7%
8   Song Sparrow 34.3% 67.3% 33.0%
9   American Black Duck 27.0% 65.1% 38.1%
10   Brant 20.5% 62.2% 41.7%
11   Long-tailed Duck 7.4% 59.9% 52.5%
12   Common Goldeneye 6.9% 59.1% 52.2%
13   Northern Cardinal 39.9% 54.8% 14.9%
14   Hooded Merganser 19.2% 54.5% 35.4%
15   House Sparrow 39.3% 54.0% 14.7%
16   Greater Scaup 9.5% 52.0% 42.5%
17   Common Loon 8.8% 51.4% 42.6%
18   Downy Woodpecker 27.5% 50.9% 23.3%
19   Mute Swan 15.2% 49.7% 34.6%
20   Great Cormorant 4.6% 49.1% 44.6%
21   White-throated Sparrow 40.3% 48.6% 8.3%
22   Horned Grebe 8.0% 46.6% 38.6%
23   Mourning Dove 31.9% 46.3% 14.4%
24   Red-winged Blackbird 18.6% 45.5% 26.9%
25   Black-capped Chickadee 23.2% 44.6% 21.4%
26   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.5% 42.3% 17.8%
27   Carolina Wren 15.3% 42.0% 26.8%
28   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.4% 40.1% 21.7%
29   House Finch 13.5% 38.6% 25.1%
30   Tufted Titmouse 21.0% 38.1% 17.1%
31   Common Grackle 13.3% 36.4% 23.0%
32   Blue Jay 35.2% 35.5% 0.4%
33   Lesser Scaup 4.6% 34.7% 30.1%
34   European Starling 38.5% 33.5% 5.0%
35   American Robin 30.1% 27.6% 2.5%
36   American Crow 21.0% 25.6% 4.6%
37   Gadwall 15.7% 24.1% 8.5%
38   Great Blue Heron 11.3% 22.4% 11.1%
39   American Tree Sparrow 7.6% 20.7% 13.1%
40   Fish Crow 6.8% 19.6% 12.8%
41   Red-tailed Hawk 23.3% 18.8% 4.6%
42   Northern Mockingbird 23.9% 18.5% 5.5%
43   Red-throated Loon 7.6% 16.8% 9.2%
44   Ruddy Duck 15.5% 16.5% 1.0%
45   Common Raven 3.4% 14.8% 11.3%
46   American Wigeon 7.4% 14.2% 6.8%
47   Rock Pigeon 28.4% 13.1% 15.4%
48   Hairy Woodpecker 7.6% 11.4% 3.7%
49   Dark-eyed Junco 16.4% 10.8% 5.6%
50   American Goldfinch 12.2% 10.5% 1.7%
51   Killdeer 3.9% 9.4% 5.5%
52   Northern Flicker 6.3% 8.2% 1.9%
53   Common Merganser 8.8% 7.1% 1.7%
54   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.2% 7.1% 6.9%
55   Surf Scoter 2.2% 6.5% 4.4%
56   Bald Eagle 5.8% 6.2% 0.4%
57   Canvasback 3.6% 5.7% 2.1%
58   Northern Shoveler 16.6% 4.8% 11.7%
59   Fox Sparrow 7.4% 4.8% 2.5%
60   Purple Sandpiper 1.0% 4.8% 3.9%
61   Brown-headed Cowbird 2.0% 4.5% 2.6%
62   White-winged Scoter 1.5% 4.3% 2.8%
63   Ring-necked Duck 5.7% 3.4% 2.3%
64   Double-crested Cormorant 11.6% 3.1% 8.5%
65   Cooper's Hawk 7.5% 3.1% 4.4%
66   Horned Lark 2.3% 2.6% 0.2%
67   Belted Kingfisher 5.5% 2.3% 3.2%
68   Northern Pintail 3.7% 2.3% 1.5%
69   Winter Wren 2.2% 2.3% 0.1%
70   Eastern Towhee 1.6% 2.0% 0.4%
71   Savannah Sparrow 1.3% 2.0% 0.7%
72   Turkey Vulture 6.4% 1.7% 4.7%
73   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 1.7% 0.2%
74   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.8% 1.7% 0.1%
75   Wild Turkey 1.2% 1.7% 0.5%
76   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.0% 1.7% 1.7%
77   Peregrine Falcon 5.0% 1.4% 3.6%
78   Red-necked Grebe 1.1% 1.4% 0.3%
79   Razorbill 0.9% 1.4% 0.5%
80   Barnacle Goose 0.1% 1.4% 1.3%
81   Black Scoter 2.4% 1.1% 1.3%
82   Gray Catbird 1.8% 1.1% 0.6%
83   Snow Bunting 1.3% 1.1% 0.2%
84   American Woodcock 1.1% 1.1% 0.1%
85   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.2% 0.9% 1.3%
86   Cackling Goose 0.4% 0.9% 0.4%
87   Wood Duck 5.4% 0.6% 4.9%
88   Green-winged Teal 4.9% 0.6% 4.4%
89   Swamp Sparrow 3.4% 0.6% 2.8%
90   Cedar Waxwing 2.3% 0.6% 1.7%
91   Redhead 2.3% 0.6% 1.7%
92   Merlin 2.1% 0.6% 1.5%
93   Golden-crowned Kinglet 1.9% 0.6% 1.4%
94   Northern Gannet 1.2% 0.6% 0.7%
95   Common Redpoll 0.4% 0.6% 0.1%
96   Northern Harrier 4.9% 0.3% 4.6%
97   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4.2% 0.3% 3.9%
98   Pied-billed Grebe 3.9% 0.3% 3.6%
99   Brown Creeper 3.7% 0.3% 3.4%
100   American Kestrel 3.5% 0.3% 3.2%
101   Hermit Thrush 2.0% 0.3% 1.7%
102   Great Horned Owl 2.0% 0.3% 1.7%
103   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.4% 0.3% 1.1%
104   Iceland Gull 1.2% 0.3% 0.9%
105   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.0% 0.3% 0.7%
106   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.9% 0.3% 0.7%
107   Chipping Sparrow 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
108   Purple Finch 0.3% 0.3% 0.1%
109   American Pipit 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
110   Tundra Swan 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%