Top Birds at Montclair Hawk Watch in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 284 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Montclair Hawk Watch 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red-tailed Hawk | 22.3% | 81.3% | 59.1% | |||
| 2 | Turkey Vulture | 9.3% | 78.9% | 69.6% | |||
| 3 | American Robin | 57.5% | 77.8% | 20.3% | |||
| 4 | Blue Jay | 56.1% | 77.5% | 21.3% | |||
| 5 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 9.6% | 76.8% | 67.1% | |||
| 6 | Cooper's Hawk | 14.3% | 71.1% | 56.8% | |||
| 7 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 50.4% | 61.6% | 11.2% | |||
| 8 | Canada Goose | 40.7% | 60.6% | 19.8% | |||
| 9 | House Finch | 17.8% | 59.2% | 41.4% | |||
| 10 | American Goldfinch | 23.7% | 56.3% | 32.7% | |||
| 11 | Mourning Dove | 45.7% | 55.6% | 9.9% | |||
| 12 | Northern Cardinal | 44.4% | 54.6% | 10.1% | |||
| 13 | American Crow | 23.3% | 51.4% | 28.2% | |||
| 14 | European Starling | 46.6% | 50.7% | 4.1% | |||
| 15 | American Kestrel | 12.8% | 50.7% | 38.0% | |||
| 16 | Bald Eagle | 5.2% | 49.6% | 44.5% | |||
| 17 | Black Vulture | 2.3% | 46.8% | 44.5% | |||
| 18 | Northern Flicker | 38.5% | 45.8% | 7.3% | |||
| 19 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 34.9% | 45.8% | 10.8% | |||
| 20 | Black-capped Chickadee | 18.2% | 45.1% | 26.9% | |||
| 21 | Common Grackle | 21.0% | 44.7% | 23.7% | |||
| 22 | Song Sparrow | 55.3% | 43.3% | 12.0% | |||
| 23 | Downy Woodpecker | 29.5% | 42.6% | 13.1% | |||
| 24 | White-throated Sparrow | 57.8% | 41.9% | 15.9% | |||
| 25 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 28.8% | 41.2% | 12.4% | |||
| 26 | Common Raven | 5.6% | 41.2% | 35.6% | |||
| 27 | Rock Pigeon | 35.5% | 40.8% | 5.4% | |||
| 28 | Osprey | 12.4% | 40.5% | 28.1% | |||
| 29 | Merlin | 7.3% | 40.5% | 33.2% | |||
| 30 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 45.6% | 39.4% | 6.2% | |||
| 31 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 20.1% | 38.4% | 18.2% | |||
| 32 | Cedar Waxwing | 10.0% | 38.4% | 28.4% | |||
| 33 | Peregrine Falcon | 7.7% | 36.6% | 28.9% | |||
| 34 | Purple Finch | 6.8% | 36.6% | 29.8% | |||
| 35 | Dark-eyed Junco | 25.9% | 36.3% | 10.3% | |||
| 36 | Tufted Titmouse | 18.9% | 35.9% | 17.0% | |||
| 37 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 1.8% | 35.2% | 33.4% | |||
| 38 | Northern Mockingbird | 36.3% | 34.2% | 2.1% | |||
| 39 | Chimney Swift | 8.4% | 33.8% | 25.4% | |||
| 40 | Northern Harrier | 5.7% | 33.5% | 27.7% | |||
| 41 | Herring Gull | 32.7% | 31.3% | 1.4% | |||
| 42 | Chipping Sparrow | 20.8% | 28.2% | 7.4% | |||
| 43 | Red-winged Blackbird | 15.7% | 28.2% | 12.4% | |||
| 44 | Hairy Woodpecker | 7.7% | 28.2% | 20.5% | |||
| 45 | Gray Catbird | 38.5% | 25.7% | 12.8% | |||
| 46 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 7.9% | 25.7% | 17.9% | |||
| 47 | House Sparrow | 46.9% | 24.3% | 22.6% | |||
| 48 | Tree Swallow | 5.6% | 22.2% | 16.6% | |||
| 49 | Eastern Phoebe | 36.5% | 21.5% | 15.0% | |||
| 50 | Pine Siskin | 4.5% | 21.5% | 17.0% | |||
| 51 | Broad-winged Hawk | 0.6% | 21.5% | 20.9% | |||
| 52 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 22.7% | 20.8% | 1.9% | |||
| 53 | Double-crested Cormorant | 32.0% | 20.4% | 11.6% | |||
| 54 | Ring-billed Gull | 30.5% | 20.4% | 10.0% | |||
| 55 | Eastern Towhee | 21.0% | 16.5% | 4.4% | |||
| 56 | Brant | 9.5% | 15.1% | 5.6% | |||
| 57 | Carolina Wren | 22.3% | 14.8% | 7.5% | |||
| 58 | Blue-headed Vireo | 11.2% | 12.3% | 1.2% | |||
| 59 | Palm Warbler | 31.1% | 12.0% | 19.1% | |||
| 60 | Eastern Bluebird | 1.8% | 11.3% | 9.4% | |||
| 61 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 5.8% | 10.9% | 5.2% | |||
| 62 | Common Loon | 2.3% | 8.8% | 6.6% | |||
| 63 | Great Blue Heron | 21.9% | 8.5% | 13.5% | |||
| 64 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 12.0% | 7.7% | 4.3% | |||
| 65 | Common Nighthawk | 0.9% | 7.7% | 6.9% | |||
| 66 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 5.6% | 6.3% | 0.7% | |||
| 67 | Hermit Thrush | 23.6% | 6.0% | 17.7% | |||
| 68 | Pileated Woodpecker | 1.3% | 6.0% | 4.6% | |||
| 69 | Blackpoll Warbler | 10.2% | 5.6% | 4.6% | |||
| 70 | Fish Crow | 2.6% | 5.6% | 3.1% | |||
| 71 | Great Black-backed Gull | 19.0% | 4.6% | 14.4% | |||
| 72 | Winter Wren | 10.0% | 4.6% | 5.4% | |||
| 73 | Scarlet Tanager | 3.5% | 4.6% | 1.1% | |||
| 74 | American Pipit | 2.4% | 4.6% | 2.1% | |||
| 75 | Brown Creeper | 10.7% | 4.2% | 6.5% | |||
| 76 | Indigo Bunting | 4.8% | 3.9% | 0.9% | |||
| 77 | Evening Grosbeak | 0.1% | 3.9% | 3.8% | |||
| 78 | Red-eyed Vireo | 5.7% | 3.5% | 2.2% | |||
| 79 | Common Yellowthroat | 26.4% | 3.2% | 23.2% | |||
| 80 | Cape May Warbler | 2.7% | 3.2% | 0.5% | |||
| 81 | House Wren | 9.2% | 2.8% | 6.4% | |||
| 82 | Pine Warbler | 6.6% | 2.8% | 3.8% | |||
| 83 | Snow Goose | 0.6% | 2.8% | 2.2% | |||
| 84 | Mallard | 38.8% | 2.5% | 36.3% | |||
| 85 | Savannah Sparrow | 19.5% | 2.5% | 17.0% | |||
| 86 | Field Sparrow | 11.5% | 2.5% | 9.1% | |||
| 87 | Northern Parula | 11.0% | 2.5% | 8.6% | |||
| 88 | American Redstart | 7.9% | 2.5% | 5.4% | |||
| 89 | Tennessee Warbler | 2.5% | 2.5% | 0.0% | |||
| 90 | Rusty Blackbird | 1.4% | 2.5% | 1.1% | |||
| 91 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 1.2% | 2.5% | 1.3% | |||
| 92 | Belted Kingfisher | 13.1% | 2.1% | 11.0% | |||
| 93 | Magnolia Warbler | 7.6% | 2.1% | 5.5% | |||
| 94 | Bobolink | 0.6% | 2.1% | 1.5% | |||
| 95 | Golden Eagle | 0.0% | 2.1% | 2.1% | |||
| 96 | American Black Duck | 13.4% | 1.8% | 11.6% | |||
| 97 | Swainson's Thrush | 7.5% | 1.8% | 5.8% | |||
| 98 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 1.9% | 1.8% | 0.1% | |||
| 99 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 1.3% | 1.8% | 0.4% | |||
| 100 | Horned Lark | 0.1% | 1.8% | 1.6% | |||
| 101 | Cackling Goose | 0.1% | 1.8% | 1.7% | |||
| 102 | American Goshawk | 0.0% | 1.8% | 1.7% | |||
| 103 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 4.4% | 1.4% | 3.0% | |||
| 104 | Baltimore Oriole | 1.1% | 1.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 105 | Killdeer | 6.2% | 1.1% | 5.1% | |||
| 106 | Vesper Sparrow | 2.4% | 1.1% | 1.3% | |||
| 107 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 0.3% | 1.1% | 0.7% | |||
| 108 | Swamp Sparrow | 32.9% | 0.7% | 32.2% | |||
| 109 | White-crowned Sparrow | 11.3% | 0.7% | 10.6% | |||
| 110 | Black-and-white Warbler | 9.5% | 0.7% | 8.8% | |||
| 111 | Greater Yellowlegs | 7.3% | 0.7% | 6.6% | |||
| 112 | Ovenbird | 5.4% | 0.7% | 4.7% | |||
| 113 | Brown Thrasher | 5.4% | 0.7% | 4.7% | |||
| 114 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 2.5% | 0.7% | 1.8% | |||
| 115 | Eastern Meadowlark | 1.8% | 0.7% | 1.1% | |||
| 116 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 117 | Orange-crowned Warbler | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 118 | Veery | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 119 | Short-eared Owl | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 120 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 121 | Red Crossbill | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 122 | Great Egret | 14.3% | 0.4% | 13.9% | |||
| 123 | Wood Duck | 9.9% | 0.4% | 9.6% | |||
| 124 | Gadwall | 8.1% | 0.4% | 7.7% | |||
| 125 | Nashville Warbler | 3.6% | 0.4% | 3.2% | |||
| 126 | Wood Thrush | 1.8% | 0.4% | 1.5% | |||
| 127 | Northern Pintail | 1.7% | 0.4% | 1.3% | |||
| 128 | Bufflehead | 1.6% | 0.4% | 1.2% | |||
| 129 | Great Cormorant | 1.2% | 0.4% | 0.8% | |||
| 130 | Gray-cheeked Thrush | 1.2% | 0.4% | 0.8% | |||
| 131 | Yellow Warbler | 1.2% | 0.4% | 0.8% | |||
| 132 | Clay-colored Sparrow | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.5% | |||
| 133 | American Woodcock | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.5% | |||
| 134 | Red-throated Loon | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 135 | Fox Sparrow | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 136 | Red-breasted Merganser | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 137 | Ring-necked Duck | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 138 | Prairie Warbler | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 139 | Bay-breasted Warbler | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 140 | Philadelphia Vireo | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 141 | Barn Swallow | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 142 | Mourning Warbler | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 143 | Budgerigar | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 144 | Bank Swallow | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 145 | Magnificent Frigatebird | 0% | 0.4% | 0.4% |