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

based on 183 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary in August. 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   Osprey 30.5% 89.6% 59.2%
2   Double-crested Cormorant 41.2% 85.8% 44.6%
3   Great Egret 34.3% 83.6% 49.3%
4   Ring-billed Gull 31.6% 79.8% 48.2%
5   Herring Gull 39.3% 79.2% 39.9%
6   Great Black-backed Gull 26.8% 70.5% 43.7%
7   Northern Mockingbird 35.9% 59.6% 23.6%
8   Song Sparrow 34.9% 56.8% 21.9%
9   Barn Swallow 39.8% 56.3% 16.5%
10   Snowy Egret 22.4% 55.7% 33.4%
11   European Starling 51.1% 53.0% 1.9%
12   House Sparrow 50.0% 52.5% 2.5%
13   Great Blue Heron 30.6% 52.5% 21.9%
14   American Goldfinch 37.6% 51.4% 13.8%
15   Laughing Gull 31.9% 51.4% 19.4%
16   American Oystercatcher 12.2% 51.4% 39.1%
17   Semipalmated Plover 21.0% 47.0% 26.0%
18   Fish Crow 8.8% 45.4% 36.5%
19   Killdeer 14.1% 42.1% 28.0%
20   American Robin 57.3% 41.0% 16.3%
21   Mourning Dove 53.8% 41.0% 12.8%
22   Common Grackle 28.2% 40.4% 12.3%
23   Gray Catbird 54.7% 38.3% 16.5%
24   Semipalmated Sandpiper 24.1% 34.4% 10.3%
25   Northern Cardinal 47.8% 32.8% 15.0%
26   Northern Flicker 25.9% 31.1% 5.2%
27   Spotted Sandpiper 16.9% 30.1% 13.1%
28   Common Tern 16.4% 30.1% 13.7%
29   Carolina Wren 24.7% 29.0% 4.2%
30   Least Sandpiper 22.0% 27.9% 5.9%
31   Blue Jay 35.4% 26.8% 8.6%
32   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 23.5% 12.0%
33   Red-bellied Woodpecker 19.3% 22.4% 3.1%
34   Red-winged Blackbird 28.5% 20.2% 8.3%
35   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.5% 19.7% 5.1%
36   Canada Goose 40.9% 18.6% 22.3%
37   Downy Woodpecker 25.3% 18.0% 7.2%
38   American Crow 14.4% 16.9% 2.5%
39   Eastern Kingbird 16.7% 13.7% 3.1%
40   Mallard 40.9% 12.6% 28.4%
41   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2.1% 9.3% 7.2%
42   Red-tailed Hawk 11.4% 8.7% 2.7%
43   White-breasted Nuthatch 9.8% 8.7% 1.0%
44   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.0% 8.7% 0.2%
45   Chimney Swift 23.9% 8.2% 15.7%
46   Yellow Warbler 20.3% 7.7% 12.6%
47   Warbling Vireo 10.0% 7.1% 2.9%
48   Wild Turkey 1.7% 7.1% 5.4%
49   Mute Swan 14.5% 6.6% 7.9%
50   Hairy Woodpecker 6.0% 6.6% 0.5%
51   Tree Swallow 14.2% 6.0% 8.1%
52   House Wren 11.4% 6.0% 5.4%
53   Common Yellowthroat 15.2% 5.5% 9.7%
54   Ruddy Turnstone 5.5% 5.5% 0.0%
55   Baltimore Oriole 15.2% 4.9% 10.3%
56   House Finch 15.0% 4.4% 10.6%
57   Forster's Tern 13.2% 3.8% 9.4%
58   Black-capped Chickadee 11.3% 3.8% 7.4%
59   Red-eyed Vireo 9.6% 3.8% 5.8%
60   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.8% 3.8% 3.0%
61   Common Raven 2.8% 3.8% 1.0%
62   Tufted Titmouse 8.5% 3.3% 5.3%
63   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.0% 3.3% 3.8%
64   Willow Flycatcher 4.7% 3.3% 1.4%
65   Cedar Waxwing 16.9% 2.7% 14.1%
66   Black-and-white Warbler 14.3% 2.7% 11.6%
67   American Black Duck 10.1% 2.7% 7.3%
68   Purple Martin 3.2% 2.7% 0.5%
69   American Redstart 22.1% 2.2% 19.9%
70   Greater Yellowlegs 15.9% 2.2% 13.7%
71   Belted Kingfisher 8.4% 2.2% 6.2%
72   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 2.2% 5.4%
73   Brown-headed Cowbird 6.0% 2.2% 3.8%
74   Chipping Sparrow 5.2% 2.2% 3.0%
75   Willet 3.6% 2.2% 1.4%
76   Bald Eagle 2.5% 2.2% 0.3%
77   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.1% 1.6% 7.5%
78   Black-bellied Plover 7.4% 1.6% 5.8%
79   Sanderling 5.3% 1.6% 3.7%
80   Eastern Phoebe 3.8% 1.6% 2.1%
81   Bank Swallow 3.1% 1.6% 1.4%
82   Magnolia Warbler 2.9% 1.6% 1.3%
83   Green Heron 11.9% 1.1% 10.8%
84   Eastern Towhee 7.1% 1.1% 6.0%
85   Chestnut-sided Warbler 5.1% 1.1% 4.0%
86   Indigo Bunting 3.4% 1.1% 2.3%
87   Saltmarsh Sparrow 2.1% 1.1% 1.0%
88   Pileated Woodpecker 1.3% 1.1% 0.3%
89   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 1.1% 0.7%
90   Northern Waterthrush 15.5% 0.5% 14.9%
91   Lesser Yellowlegs 14.0% 0.5% 13.4%
92   Short-billed Dowitcher 10.4% 0.5% 9.9%
93   Glossy Ibis 6.6% 0.5% 6.0%
94   Canada Warbler 5.7% 0.5% 5.1%
95   Marsh Wren 5.7% 0.5% 5.1%
96   Least Tern 5.1% 0.5% 4.5%
97   Little Blue Heron 4.3% 0.5% 3.7%
98   Cooper's Hawk 2.3% 0.5% 1.7%
99   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.1% 0.5% 1.6%
100   Black-throated Blue Warbler 2.1% 0.5% 1.5%
101   Caspian Tern 1.9% 0.5% 1.3%
102   Scarlet Tanager 1.7% 0.5% 1.1%
103   Common Nighthawk 1.3% 0.5% 0.7%
104   Swamp Sparrow 1.1% 0.5% 0.6%
105   Prairie Warbler 1.1% 0.5% 0.5%
106   Hudsonian Godwit 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
107   Black Tern 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
108   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 0.5% 0.2%
109   Red-shouldered Hawk 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
110   Whimbrel 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
111   Merlin 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
112   Common Loon 0.5% 0.5% 0.1%
113   Lark Sparrow 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
114   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.2% 0.5% 0.4%
115   Common Merganser 0.2% 0.5% 0.4%
116   Barred Owl 0.1% 0.5% 0.5%
117   Blue-headed Vireo 0.1% 0.5% 0.5%
118   Sooty Tern 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
119   Manx Shearwater 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%