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Top Birds at Montclair Hawk Watch in November
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 213 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Montclair Hawk Watch in November. 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   American Robin 43.6% 86.9% 43.2%
2   Turkey Vulture 8.6% 86.4% 77.7%
3   Red-tailed Hawk 26.2% 85.0% 58.8%
4   Blue Jay 45.3% 76.5% 31.2%
5   Dark-eyed Junco 37.0% 76.5% 39.5%
6   American Goldfinch 28.5% 75.1% 46.6%
7   House Finch 18.2% 73.7% 55.6%
8   Sharp-shinned Hawk 6.0% 70.4% 64.4%
9   Common Grackle 13.4% 69.5% 56.1%
10   American Crow 21.9% 69.0% 47.1%
11   White-throated Sparrow 56.1% 68.1% 12.0%
12   Mourning Dove 38.5% 66.2% 27.7%
13   Cooper's Hawk 12.5% 64.8% 52.3%
14   Canada Goose 45.1% 63.8% 18.8%
15   Black-capped Chickadee 26.9% 61.0% 34.1%
16   Song Sparrow 45.0% 60.6% 15.6%
17   Red-shouldered Hawk 3.2% 60.6% 57.4%
18   Northern Cardinal 40.0% 60.1% 20.1%
19   European Starling 40.2% 57.3% 17.1%
20   Cedar Waxwing 10.1% 56.3% 46.2%
21   Red-bellied Woodpecker 31.3% 54.9% 23.6%
22   Bald Eagle 4.9% 54.5% 49.6%
23   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.1% 50.7% 31.6%
24   Red-winged Blackbird 17.2% 50.2% 33.1%
25   Black Vulture 2.3% 49.8% 47.4%
26   Downy Woodpecker 29.7% 49.3% 19.6%
27   Common Raven 5.2% 48.4% 43.2%
28   Herring Gull 39.0% 46.9% 8.0%
29   Tufted Titmouse 22.0% 46.5% 24.4%
30   Ring-billed Gull 42.9% 43.7% 0.8%
31   Purple Finch 6.3% 43.7% 37.4%
32   Golden-crowned Kinglet 14.3% 37.1% 22.7%
33   Rock Pigeon 31.3% 35.2% 3.9%
34   Pine Siskin 4.6% 31.9% 27.3%
35   Yellow-rumped Warbler 19.6% 30.0% 10.5%
36   Northern Mockingbird 30.6% 28.2% 2.4%
37   House Sparrow 40.3% 26.3% 14.0%
38   Peregrine Falcon 6.9% 25.8% 18.9%
39   Merlin 4.2% 25.8% 21.6%
40   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 17.3% 23.5% 6.2%
41   Eastern Bluebird 4.1% 23.0% 18.9%
42   Hairy Woodpecker 8.1% 22.5% 14.4%
43   Northern Harrier 6.1% 20.2% 14.1%
44   Carolina Wren 19.4% 17.8% 1.5%
45   Northern Flicker 17.6% 17.8% 0.3%
46   Fish Crow 4.2% 17.8% 13.6%
47   Brown-headed Cowbird 3.8% 15.5% 11.7%
48   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.6% 14.1% 5.5%
49   American Pipit 2.8% 12.2% 9.4%
50   Winter Wren 7.0% 11.7% 4.7%
51   Chipping Sparrow 7.6% 11.3% 3.7%
52   Common Loon 6.8% 10.8% 4.0%
53   Great Black-backed Gull 26.0% 9.9% 16.2%
54   Hermit Thrush 19.2% 9.9% 9.4%
55   Evening Grosbeak 0.3% 9.9% 9.6%
56   Red Crossbill 0.3% 9.9% 9.6%
57   Double-crested Cormorant 28.1% 9.4% 18.8%
58   Red-breasted Nuthatch 3.6% 9.4% 5.8%
59   Fox Sparrow 9.2% 8.9% 0.3%
60   Pileated Woodpecker 1.3% 8.0% 6.7%
61   Rusty Blackbird 2.9% 7.5% 4.6%
62   Gray Catbird 6.8% 6.6% 0.2%
63   Great Blue Heron 21.8% 5.6% 16.1%
64   Brant 18.5% 5.6% 12.8%
65   American Kestrel 7.9% 5.6% 2.3%
66   Common Merganser 1.8% 5.2% 3.3%
67   Eastern Phoebe 5.5% 4.7% 0.8%
68   American Goshawk 0.1% 4.2% 4.1%
69   Mallard 46.7% 3.8% 43.0%
70   Tree Swallow 1.9% 3.8% 1.9%
71   Sandhill Crane 0.0% 3.8% 3.7%
72   Snow Goose 1.1% 2.8% 1.7%
73   Golden Eagle 0.1% 2.8% 2.7%
74   Brown Creeper 5.7% 2.3% 3.3%
75   Horned Lark 2.0% 2.3% 0.4%
76   Osprey 1.5% 2.3% 0.9%
77   Red-throated Loon 4.8% 1.9% 3.0%
78   Broad-winged Hawk 0.0% 1.9% 1.8%
79   Ring-necked Duck 3.3% 1.4% 1.9%
80   Snow Bunting 1.9% 1.4% 0.5%
81   Cave Swallow 0.3% 1.4% 1.1%
82   White-winged Crossbill 0.1% 1.4% 1.3%
83   Belted Kingfisher 10.7% 0.9% 9.8%
84   Field Sparrow 4.4% 0.9% 3.5%
85   Palm Warbler 4.2% 0.9% 3.2%
86   Eastern Towhee 4.1% 0.9% 3.1%
87   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.4% 0.9% 0.6%
88   Common Redpoll 0.2% 0.9% 0.8%
89   Rough-legged Hawk 0.0% 0.9% 0.9%
90   American Black Duck 22.7% 0.5% 22.3%
91   Bufflehead 21.9% 0.5% 21.4%
92   Mute Swan 13.4% 0.5% 13.0%
93   Green-winged Teal 7.8% 0.5% 7.3%
94   Red-breasted Merganser 6.6% 0.5% 6.1%
95   Great Egret 5.6% 0.5% 5.1%
96   Greater Yellowlegs 5.4% 0.5% 4.9%
97   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 0.5% 1.4%
98   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 0.5% 0.4%
99   Snowy Egret 0.7% 0.5% 0.3%
100   Pine Warbler 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
101   Vesper Sparrow 0.5% 0.5% 0.1%
102   Baltimore Oriole 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
103   Blackpoll Warbler 0.3% 0.5% 0.1%
104   Chimney Swift 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
105   Iceland Gull 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
106   Swainson's Thrush 0.0% 0.5% 0.4%