Top Birds at Montclair Hawk Watch in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 59 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Montclair Hawk Watch in May. 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 | Northern Cardinal | 59.0% | 54.2% | 4.8% | |||
| 2 | Blue Jay | 49.3% | 50.8% | 1.6% | |||
| 3 | American Robin | 73.3% | 49.2% | 24.2% | |||
| 4 | Red-tailed Hawk | 19.8% | 49.2% | 29.4% | |||
| 5 | Broad-winged Hawk | 1.1% | 49.2% | 48.1% | |||
| 6 | Turkey Vulture | 9.7% | 44.1% | 34.3% | |||
| 7 | Common Grackle | 54.9% | 42.4% | 12.5% | |||
| 8 | Mourning Dove | 53.4% | 42.4% | 11.0% | |||
| 9 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 33.8% | 42.4% | 8.6% | |||
| 10 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 38.2% | 40.7% | 2.5% | |||
| 11 | Chimney Swift | 29.8% | 40.7% | 10.9% | |||
| 12 | Tufted Titmouse | 15.6% | 40.7% | 25.1% | |||
| 13 | American Goldfinch | 28.6% | 39.0% | 10.3% | |||
| 14 | Osprey | 16.4% | 39.0% | 22.6% | |||
| 15 | Barn Swallow | 31.7% | 37.3% | 5.6% | |||
| 16 | Gray Catbird | 65.9% | 35.6% | 30.4% | |||
| 17 | Scarlet Tanager | 18.9% | 35.6% | 16.7% | |||
| 18 | American Crow | 17.6% | 35.6% | 18.0% | |||
| 19 | Bald Eagle | 2.5% | 35.6% | 33.1% | |||
| 20 | Black Vulture | 2.2% | 35.6% | 33.4% | |||
| 21 | Downy Woodpecker | 28.1% | 33.9% | 5.8% | |||
| 22 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 18.1% | 33.9% | 15.8% | |||
| 23 | Cooper's Hawk | 2.0% | 32.2% | 30.2% | |||
| 24 | Baltimore Oriole | 44.7% | 30.5% | 14.2% | |||
| 25 | Wood Thrush | 23.1% | 30.5% | 7.4% | |||
| 26 | Tree Swallow | 22.4% | 30.5% | 8.1% | |||
| 27 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 20.2% | 30.5% | 10.3% | |||
| 28 | Cedar Waxwing | 16.8% | 30.5% | 13.7% | |||
| 29 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0.8% | 30.5% | 29.7% | |||
| 30 | European Starling | 58.4% | 28.8% | 29.6% | |||
| 31 | Northern Parula | 35.7% | 28.8% | 6.9% | |||
| 32 | Song Sparrow | 35.5% | 28.8% | 6.7% | |||
| 33 | Ovenbird | 32.7% | 28.8% | 3.9% | |||
| 34 | Black-and-white Warbler | 39.5% | 27.1% | 12.4% | |||
| 35 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 28.0% | 27.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 36 | House Finch | 16.0% | 27.1% | 11.1% | |||
| 37 | Black-capped Chickadee | 12.1% | 27.1% | 15.0% | |||
| 38 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 10.7% | 27.1% | 16.4% | |||
| 39 | Hairy Woodpecker | 8.3% | 27.1% | 18.8% | |||
| 40 | Rock Pigeon | 35.5% | 25.4% | 10.0% | |||
| 41 | House Sparrow | 57.0% | 23.7% | 33.3% | |||
| 42 | Northern Flicker | 29.1% | 23.7% | 5.4% | |||
| 43 | Fish Crow | 10.8% | 23.7% | 12.9% | |||
| 44 | American Redstart | 40.4% | 22.0% | 18.4% | |||
| 45 | House Wren | 26.7% | 22.0% | 4.7% | |||
| 46 | Indigo Bunting | 10.0% | 22.0% | 12.0% | |||
| 47 | Common Loon | 2.4% | 22.0% | 19.6% | |||
| 48 | Canada Goose | 45.1% | 20.3% | 24.8% | |||
| 49 | Double-crested Cormorant | 34.0% | 20.3% | 13.7% | |||
| 50 | Carolina Wren | 19.8% | 20.3% | 0.5% | |||
| 51 | Eastern Kingbird | 16.8% | 20.3% | 3.5% | |||
| 52 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 16.5% | 20.3% | 3.9% | |||
| 53 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 14.5% | 20.3% | 5.9% | |||
| 54 | Magnolia Warbler | 27.5% | 18.6% | 8.9% | |||
| 55 | Northern Mockingbird | 26.7% | 18.6% | 8.1% | |||
| 56 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 16.3% | 18.6% | 2.4% | |||
| 57 | Blue-headed Vireo | 14.3% | 18.6% | 4.4% | |||
| 58 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 13.2% | 18.6% | 5.5% | |||
| 59 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 6.3% | 18.6% | 12.4% | |||
| 60 | Common Raven | 2.5% | 18.6% | 16.1% | |||
| 61 | American Kestrel | 2.2% | 18.6% | 16.5% | |||
| 62 | Red-winged Blackbird | 53.3% | 16.9% | 36.4% | |||
| 63 | Mallard | 49.3% | 16.9% | 32.4% | |||
| 64 | White-throated Sparrow | 34.3% | 15.3% | 19.1% | |||
| 65 | Pileated Woodpecker | 2.5% | 15.3% | 12.8% | |||
| 66 | Merlin | 0.9% | 15.3% | 14.3% | |||
| 67 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 20.8% | 13.6% | 7.2% | |||
| 68 | Yellow Warbler | 42.6% | 11.9% | 30.8% | |||
| 69 | Chipping Sparrow | 18.3% | 11.9% | 6.4% | |||
| 70 | Canada Warbler | 11.7% | 11.9% | 0.2% | |||
| 71 | Nashville Warbler | 8.9% | 11.9% | 2.9% | |||
| 72 | Peregrine Falcon | 2.7% | 11.9% | 9.2% | |||
| 73 | Herring Gull | 23.4% | 10.2% | 13.3% | |||
| 74 | Swainson's Thrush | 17.8% | 10.2% | 7.6% | |||
| 75 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 12.0% | 10.2% | 1.9% | |||
| 76 | Great Blue Heron | 9.6% | 10.2% | 0.6% | |||
| 77 | Solitary Sandpiper | 5.8% | 10.2% | 4.4% | |||
| 78 | Common Yellowthroat | 47.5% | 8.5% | 39.1% | |||
| 79 | Northern Waterthrush | 23.2% | 8.5% | 14.7% | |||
| 80 | Red-eyed Vireo | 22.8% | 8.5% | 14.3% | |||
| 81 | Eastern Towhee | 19.9% | 8.5% | 11.4% | |||
| 82 | Blackburnian Warbler | 9.4% | 8.5% | 1.0% | |||
| 83 | Worm-eating Warbler | 3.9% | 8.5% | 4.5% | |||
| 84 | Purple Martin | 1.4% | 8.5% | 7.1% | |||
| 85 | Blackpoll Warbler | 21.9% | 6.8% | 15.1% | |||
| 86 | Palm Warbler | 5.3% | 6.8% | 1.5% | |||
| 87 | Northern Harrier | 0.6% | 6.8% | 6.2% | |||
| 88 | Veery | 20.1% | 5.1% | 15.0% | |||
| 89 | Prairie Warbler | 8.5% | 5.1% | 3.4% | |||
| 90 | Blue-winged Warbler | 6.6% | 5.1% | 1.6% | |||
| 91 | Least Flycatcher | 5.9% | 5.1% | 0.8% | |||
| 92 | Eastern Phoebe | 4.9% | 5.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 93 | Common Nighthawk | 1.4% | 5.1% | 3.7% | |||
| 94 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 0.6% | 5.1% | 4.5% | |||
| 95 | Mississippi Kite | 0.1% | 5.1% | 5.0% | |||
| 96 | Warbling Vireo | 32.2% | 3.4% | 28.8% | |||
| 97 | Hermit Thrush | 11.1% | 3.4% | 7.7% | |||
| 98 | White-eyed Vireo | 4.3% | 3.4% | 0.9% | |||
| 99 | Hooded Warbler | 4.0% | 3.4% | 0.6% | |||
| 100 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 3.5% | 3.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 101 | Tennessee Warbler | 3.4% | 3.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 102 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 1.6% | 3.4% | 1.8% | |||
| 103 | Eastern Bluebird | 1.2% | 3.4% | 2.2% | |||
| 104 | Bobolink | 1.2% | 3.4% | 2.2% | |||
| 105 | Ring-billed Gull | 14.3% | 1.7% | 12.6% | |||
| 106 | Great Black-backed Gull | 13.3% | 1.7% | 11.6% | |||
| 107 | Swamp Sparrow | 13.1% | 1.7% | 11.4% | |||
| 108 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 11.1% | 1.7% | 9.4% | |||
| 109 | Wilson's Warbler | 8.8% | 1.7% | 7.1% | |||
| 110 | Brown Thrasher | 7.3% | 1.7% | 5.6% | |||
| 111 | Least Sandpiper | 7.1% | 1.7% | 5.4% | |||
| 112 | Cape May Warbler | 7.0% | 1.7% | 5.3% | |||
| 113 | Savannah Sparrow | 5.5% | 1.7% | 3.8% | |||
| 114 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 4.6% | 1.7% | 2.9% | |||
| 115 | Belted Kingfisher | 4.2% | 1.7% | 2.5% | |||
| 116 | Gray-cheeked Thrush | 3.2% | 1.7% | 1.5% | |||
| 117 | Bank Swallow | 2.5% | 1.7% | 0.8% | |||
| 118 | Great Horned Owl | 1.0% | 1.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 119 | Blue Grosbeak | 0.8% | 1.7% | 0.9% | |||
| 120 | Sandhill Crane | 0.0% | 1.7% | 1.7% | |||
| 121 | Swainson's Hawk | 0% | 1.7% | 1.7% |