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

based on 122 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Montclair Hawk Watch in April. 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   Turkey Vulture 12.4% 64.8% 52.3%
2   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.4% 63.9% 61.6%
3   Red-tailed Hawk 24.8% 59.8% 35.0%
4   American Kestrel 5.4% 59.0% 53.6%
5   Broad-winged Hawk 1.3% 59.0% 57.7%
6   Osprey 19.2% 58.2% 39.0%
7   Cooper's Hawk 3.6% 50.0% 46.4%
8   American Robin 74.8% 49.2% 25.6%
9   Blue Jay 52.6% 45.9% 6.7%
10   Black Vulture 2.5% 45.9% 43.4%
11   Northern Cardinal 60.6% 43.4% 17.2%
12   Mourning Dove 51.6% 43.4% 8.1%
13   American Crow 19.3% 42.6% 23.3%
14   Red-bellied Woodpecker 39.7% 41.0% 1.3%
15   Northern Flicker 45.2% 40.2% 5.0%
16   Merlin 1.9% 38.5% 36.6%
17   Common Grackle 48.9% 36.1% 12.8%
18   Double-crested Cormorant 36.8% 35.2% 1.5%
19   Downy Woodpecker 38.0% 34.4% 3.6%
20   American Goldfinch 28.5% 33.6% 5.1%
21   Tufted Titmouse 25.7% 33.6% 7.9%
22   Tree Swallow 22.1% 32.8% 10.7%
23   Rock Pigeon 34.1% 32.0% 2.2%
24   Bald Eagle 3.9% 31.1% 27.3%
25   Northern Harrier 1.8% 31.1% 29.3%
26   White-throated Sparrow 57.1% 27.0% 30.1%
27   House Finch 16.6% 27.0% 10.5%
28   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 29.4% 26.2% 3.1%
29   Common Raven 3.6% 25.4% 21.8%
30   White-breasted Nuthatch 17.9% 24.6% 6.7%
31   Eastern Phoebe 19.0% 23.8% 4.8%
32   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.2% 23.8% 22.6%
33   Black-capped Chickadee 21.9% 23.0% 1.0%
34   Canada Goose 53.0% 22.1% 30.8%
35   Golden-crowned Kinglet 11.8% 22.1% 10.4%
36   Hairy Woodpecker 10.0% 22.1% 12.1%
37   Brown-headed Cowbird 23.0% 21.3% 1.7%
38   Fish Crow 15.6% 21.3% 5.7%
39   European Starling 56.7% 20.5% 36.2%
40   Mallard 54.7% 19.7% 35.1%
41   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 17.1% 19.7% 2.6%
42   Common Loon 5.2% 18.0% 12.8%
43   Yellow-rumped Warbler 31.2% 17.2% 14.0%
44   Northern Mockingbird 28.3% 16.4% 11.9%
45   Herring Gull 26.4% 16.4% 10.0%
46   Pine Warbler 15.7% 16.4% 0.7%
47   Eastern Towhee 21.9% 15.6% 6.4%
48   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10.4% 15.6% 5.2%
49   Red-winged Blackbird 54.8% 14.8% 40.0%
50   Song Sparrow 48.9% 14.8% 34.1%
51   Hermit Thrush 25.5% 14.8% 10.7%
52   Ring-billed Gull 23.4% 14.8% 8.6%
53   Barn Swallow 14.4% 14.8% 0.4%
54   Chimney Swift 5.3% 14.8% 9.4%
55   Dark-eyed Junco 20.2% 13.9% 6.2%
56   Peregrine Falcon 2.9% 13.9% 11.0%
57   Palm Warbler 28.0% 13.1% 14.9%
58   Great Blue Heron 11.1% 13.1% 2.0%
59   Carolina Wren 22.3% 12.3% 10.0%
60   Pileated Woodpecker 2.3% 11.5% 9.2%
61   Chipping Sparrow 25.1% 9.8% 15.3%
62   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10.9% 9.8% 1.1%
63   House Sparrow 53.3% 8.2% 45.1%
64   Cedar Waxwing 3.6% 7.4% 3.8%
65   Blue-headed Vireo 9.5% 6.6% 3.0%
66   Great Black-backed Gull 15.7% 4.1% 11.6%
67   Black-and-white Warbler 12.0% 4.1% 7.9%
68   Belted Kingfisher 10.2% 3.3% 6.9%
69   Black-throated Green Warbler 2.3% 3.3% 1.0%
70   House Wren 7.6% 2.5% 5.2%
71   Winter Wren 3.7% 2.5% 1.3%
72   Eastern Bluebird 1.3% 2.5% 1.2%
73   Purple Martin 0.5% 2.5% 2.0%
74   Sandhill Crane 0.0% 2.5% 2.5%
75   Swamp Sparrow 17.8% 1.6% 16.2%
76   Wood Duck 14.3% 1.6% 12.7%
77   Brown Creeper 9.3% 1.6% 7.7%
78   Brown Thrasher 6.2% 1.6% 4.5%
79   Purple Finch 1.9% 1.6% 0.3%
80   Great Crested Flycatcher 0.9% 1.6% 0.8%
81   Great Egret 22.8% 0.8% 21.9%
82   Killdeer 9.3% 0.8% 8.5%
83   Gray Catbird 9.1% 0.8% 8.3%
84   Field Sparrow 8.1% 0.8% 7.2%
85   Savannah Sparrow 7.8% 0.8% 7.0%
86   Red-throated Loon 4.4% 0.8% 3.5%
87   Rusty Blackbird 4.4% 0.8% 3.5%
88   Green Heron 3.6% 0.8% 2.7%
89   Baltimore Oriole 2.8% 0.8% 2.0%
90   Common Merganser 2.6% 0.8% 1.8%
91   Great Horned Owl 2.5% 0.8% 1.7%
92   Wild Turkey 2.4% 0.8% 1.6%
93   Hooded Warbler 1.2% 0.8% 0.4%
94   Eastern Kingbird 1.2% 0.8% 0.4%
95   Little Blue Heron 0.8% 0.8% 0.0%
96   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.8% 0.8% 0.0%
97   Pine Siskin 0.8% 0.8% 0.0%
98   Great Cormorant 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
99   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0.5% 0.8% 0.4%
100   Anhinga 0.3% 0.8% 0.6%
101   Short-eared Owl 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%
102   Cockatiel 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%
103   Acadian Flycatcher 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%