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Top Birds at Sandy Hook--North End in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 161 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook--North End 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Osprey 16.3% 77.6% 61.3%
2   American Oystercatcher 7.8% 68.9% 61.1%
3   Eastern Towhee 19.8% 65.8% 46.0%
4   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 65.2% 11.9%
5   Gray Catbird 65.9% 62.7% 3.2%
6   Great Black-backed Gull 13.2% 60.9% 47.6%
7   Herring Gull 23.4% 58.4% 35.0%
8   Barn Swallow 31.7% 57.8% 26.1%
9   Laughing Gull 16.8% 57.1% 40.3%
10   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 56.5% 9.0%
11   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 55.9% 29.2%
12   American Robin 73.3% 55.3% 18.0%
13   Piping Plover 1.4% 50.9% 49.6%
14   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 49.7% 15.7%
15   Canada Goose 45.1% 49.1% 4.0%
16   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 49.1% 6.4%
17   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 44.7% 14.3%
18   Least Tern 3.9% 41.0% 37.1%
19   Field Sparrow 3.3% 40.4% 37.0%
20   Common Grackle 54.9% 39.8% 15.2%
21   American Redstart 40.4% 39.1% 1.3%
22   Great Egret 25.4% 37.9% 12.5%
23   Tree Swallow 22.4% 37.3% 14.9%
24   House Wren 26.7% 36.6% 9.9%
25   Common Tern 5.8% 34.8% 29.0%
26   Mourning Dove 53.4% 33.5% 19.9%
27   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 33.5% 26.2%
28   Blue Jay 49.3% 32.3% 17.0%
29   Song Sparrow 35.5% 32.3% 3.2%
30   Turkey Vulture 9.7% 30.4% 20.7%
31   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 28.6% 14.3%
32   Mallard 49.3% 28.0% 21.4%
33   Brant 10.7% 26.1% 15.3%
34   Killdeer 9.3% 26.1% 16.8%
35   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 24.8% 14.7%
36   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 24.2% 9.6%
37   Northern Parula 35.7% 23.6% 12.1%
38   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 23.0% 11.3%
39   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 23.0% 4.5%
40   Black-bellied Plover 3.4% 23.0% 19.5%
41   European Starling 58.5% 22.4% 36.1%
42   Carolina Wren 19.8% 22.4% 2.5%
43   American Goldfinch 28.7% 21.1% 7.5%
44   Sanderling 1.6% 21.1% 19.5%
45   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 20.5% 16.2%
46   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 19.9% 1.8%
47   House Finch 16.0% 19.9% 3.9%
48   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 18.6% 9.4%
49   Chimney Swift 29.8% 18.0% 11.8%
50   Forster's Tern 7.9% 18.0% 10.1%
51   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 18.0% 12.6%
52   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 16.1% 6.6%
53   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 16.1% 0.6%
54   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 15.5% 22.7%
55   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 15.5% 2.8%
56   Boat-tailed Grackle 5.1% 15.5% 10.4%
57   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.9% 15.5% 10.7%
58   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 14.9% 29.8%
59   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 14.9% 7.0%
60   American Crow 17.6% 14.9% 2.7%
61   Ovenbird 32.7% 14.3% 18.4%
62   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 14.3% 2.6%
63   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 14.3% 2.0%
64   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 14.3% 5.5%
65   Willet 5.8% 14.3% 8.5%
66   Ruddy Turnstone 2.2% 14.3% 12.1%
67   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 13.7% 0.5%
68   Mute Swan 11.5% 13.7% 2.2%
69   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 13.0% 1.4%
70   Fish Crow 10.9% 13.0% 2.2%
71   Common Loon 2.4% 13.0% 10.6%
72   Snowy Egret 9.9% 12.4% 2.5%
73   Semipalmated Plover 4.5% 12.4% 7.9%
74   Green Heron 9.0% 11.8% 2.8%
75   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 10.6% 10.2%
76   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 10.6% 8.3%
77   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 10.6% 2.1%
78   Greater Yellowlegs 5.9% 10.6% 4.7%
79   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 10.6% 7.8%
80   Black Vulture 2.2% 9.9% 7.7%
81   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 9.3% 10.9%
82   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 9.3% 10.5%
83   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 9.3% 7.2%
84   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 9.3% 4.9%
85   Canada Warbler 11.7% 9.3% 2.4%
86   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 9.3% 1.8%
87   American Black Duck 5.0% 9.3% 4.3%
88   Black Skimmer 1.7% 9.3% 7.7%
89   Merlin 0.9% 9.3% 8.4%
90   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 8.7% 14.5%
91   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 8.7% 9.1%
92   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 8.1% 3.0%
93   Least Sandpiper 7.1% 8.1% 1.0%
94   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 8.1% 2.1%
95   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 8.1% 6.1%
96   Northern Flicker 29.1% 7.5% 21.7%
97   Dunlin 2.2% 7.5% 5.3%
98   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 7.5% 6.9%
99   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 6.8% 8.7%
100   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 6.8% 0.5%
101   Palm Warbler 5.3% 6.8% 1.5%
102   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 6.2% 26.0%
103   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 6.2% 6.2%
104   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 6.2% 0.7%
105   House Sparrow 57.0% 5.6% 51.4%
106   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 5.6% 6.5%
107   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 5.6% 6.5%
108   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 5.6% 4.0%
109   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 5.6% 2.4%
110   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 5.6% 2.7%
111   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 5.6% 2.9%
112   American Kestrel 2.2% 5.6% 3.4%
113   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.8% 5.6% 4.8%
114   Red Knot 0.7% 5.6% 4.9%
115   King Eider 0.1% 5.6% 5.5%
116   Veery 20.1% 5.0% 15.1%
117   Gadwall 7.0% 5.0% 2.0%
118   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.7% 5.0% 2.2%
119   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 4.3% 8.7%
120   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 4.3% 7.3%
121   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 4.3% 6.4%
122   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 4.3% 0.5%
123   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 4.3% 0.3%
124   Northern Harrier 0.6% 4.3% 3.7%
125   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 3.7% 31.8%
126   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 3.7% 6.3%
127   Glossy Ibis 4.2% 3.7% 0.5%
128   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 3.7% 0.5%
129   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 3.7% 0.0%
130   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 3.7% 0.2%
131   Red-breasted Merganser 1.7% 3.7% 2.1%
132   Broad-winged Hawk 1.1% 3.7% 2.6%
133   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 3.1% 25.1%
134   Wood Thrush 23.1% 3.1% 20.0%
135   Blackburnian Warbler 9.5% 3.1% 6.3%
136   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 3.1% 5.8%
137   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 3.1% 5.2%
138   Bobolink 1.2% 3.1% 1.9%
139   Least Bittern 0.5% 3.1% 2.7%
140   Northern Gannet 0.3% 3.1% 2.8%
141   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 2.5% 4.2%
142   Marsh Wren 4.6% 2.5% 2.1%
143   Bald Eagle 2.5% 2.5% 0.0%
144   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 2.5% 0.6%
145   Short-billed Dowitcher 1.8% 2.5% 0.7%
146   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 2.5% 1.1%
147   Purple Martin 1.4% 2.5% 1.1%
148   Red-shouldered Hawk 0.6% 2.5% 1.9%
149   Green-winged Teal 0.6% 2.5% 1.9%
150   Little Gull 0.0% 2.5% 2.4%
151   Wood Duck 9.3% 1.9% 7.5%
152   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 1.9% 5.1%
153   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 1.9% 0.3%
154   Eastern Bluebird 1.2% 1.9% 0.7%
155   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 1.9% 1.2%
156   Blue-winged Teal 0.5% 1.9% 1.4%
157   Black Scoter 0.2% 1.9% 1.6%
158   Long-tailed Duck 0.2% 1.9% 1.6%
159   Surf Scoter 0.2% 1.9% 1.7%
160   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 1.2% 9.0%
161   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 1.2% 4.6%
162   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 1.2% 2.7%
163   Common Raven 2.5% 1.2% 1.3%
164   Bank Swallow 2.5% 1.2% 1.3%
165   Summer Tanager 1.7% 1.2% 0.4%
166   Bufflehead 1.2% 1.2% 0.1%
167   Blue Grosbeak 0.8% 1.2% 0.5%
168   Alder Flycatcher 0.6% 1.2% 0.7%
169   Pine Siskin 0.4% 1.2% 0.8%
170   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.4% 1.2% 0.9%
171   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
172   White-winged Scoter 0.1% 1.2% 1.1%
173   Common Eider 0.1% 1.2% 1.1%
174   Great Cormorant 0.1% 1.2% 1.2%
175   American Avocet 0.0% 1.2% 1.2%
176   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 0.6% 3.4%
177   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 0.6% 2.8%
178   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 0.6% 2.7%
179   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 0.6% 2.6%
180   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.6% 1.1%
181   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
182   Little Blue Heron 1.2% 0.6% 0.6%
183   Red-throated Loon 1.1% 0.6% 0.5%
184   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.6% 0.1%
185   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
186   American Woodcock 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
187   Greater Scaup 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
188   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
189   American Bittern 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
190   Virginia Rail 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
191   Gull-billed Tern 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
192   Caspian Tern 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
193   Glaucous Gull 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%
194   Arctic Tern 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%
195   American Pipit 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%
196   American Golden-Plover 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
197   Pomarine Jaeger 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%