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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in March
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 383 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in March. 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   Brant 18.7% 84.6% 65.9%
2   Canada Goose 56.6% 84.1% 27.5%
3   Snow Goose 1.9% 75.7% 73.9%
4   Ruddy Duck 14.9% 74.4% 59.5%
5   Red-winged Blackbird 42.9% 72.3% 29.4%
6   Herring Gull 34.8% 70.2% 35.5%
7   Mallard 53.4% 69.7% 16.3%
8   Northern Shoveler 16.6% 67.6% 51.1%
9   Mute Swan 16.6% 67.1% 50.5%
10   Bufflehead 26.7% 66.8% 40.2%
11   Song Sparrow 50.7% 66.6% 15.9%
12   Northern Mockingbird 27.2% 66.1% 38.9%
13   American Black Duck 22.5% 63.2% 40.7%
14   Great Black-backed Gull 23.4% 58.7% 35.3%
15   American Robin 58.7% 54.0% 4.6%
16   Ring-billed Gull 42.6% 53.3% 10.7%
17   Red-breasted Merganser 16.1% 50.1% 34.1%
18   Northern Cardinal 49.7% 49.6% 0.0%
19   Yellow-rumped Warbler 5.5% 48.3% 42.8%
20   Gadwall 13.9% 43.1% 29.1%
21   Osprey 6.9% 41.0% 34.1%
22   Greater Scaup 6.1% 31.1% 25.0%
23   Carolina Wren 18.6% 29.5% 10.9%
24   Green-winged Teal 7.6% 29.2% 21.6%
25   White-throated Sparrow 42.4% 28.2% 14.2%
26   American Crow 24.5% 27.4% 2.9%
27   Double-crested Cormorant 17.1% 27.4% 10.3%
28   European Starling 46.5% 26.1% 20.3%
29   Mourning Dove 42.7% 26.1% 16.6%
30   American Coot 10.3% 26.1% 15.8%
31   Fish Crow 13.1% 23.2% 10.2%
32   Tree Swallow 6.2% 23.2% 17.0%
33   American Wigeon 6.6% 22.7% 16.1%
34   Common Grackle 33.7% 22.2% 11.5%
35   Northern Pintail 2.5% 18.8% 16.3%
36   Boat-tailed Grackle 1.9% 18.8% 16.9%
37   Hooded Merganser 14.2% 16.4% 2.2%
38   Downy Woodpecker 31.7% 15.1% 16.6%
39   Dark-eyed Junco 26.5% 14.9% 11.6%
40   House Finch 15.3% 14.1% 1.2%
41   Horned Grebe 7.4% 14.1% 6.7%
42   Eastern Phoebe 14.0% 13.3% 0.6%
43   House Sparrow 44.2% 13.1% 31.2%
44   Northern Flicker 14.0% 12.3% 1.8%
45   Black-capped Chickadee 26.1% 12.0% 14.1%
46   Great Egret 4.6% 11.2% 6.7%
47   Northern Harrier 3.1% 11.2% 8.2%
48   American Oystercatcher 5.3% 11.0% 5.6%
49   Rock Pigeon 30.3% 9.4% 20.9%
50   Killdeer 11.1% 9.1% 1.9%
51   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 9.1% 5.5%
52   Great Blue Heron 11.7% 8.6% 3.1%
53   Common Goldeneye 3.1% 8.6% 5.5%
54   Brown-headed Cowbird 8.4% 7.6% 0.8%
55   American Tree Sparrow 4.5% 7.3% 2.8%
56   American Goldfinch 15.2% 7.0% 8.2%
57   Golden-crowned Kinglet 8.3% 6.8% 1.5%
58   Great Cormorant 3.8% 6.8% 3.0%
59   Merlin 2.0% 6.3% 4.3%
60   Gray Catbird 1.6% 5.7% 4.1%
61   Ring-necked Duck 9.4% 4.4% 5.0%
62   Hermit Thrush 2.4% 4.2% 1.8%
63   Common Merganser 8.6% 3.9% 4.7%
64   American Woodcock 5.2% 3.9% 1.3%
65   Red-throated Loon 6.8% 3.7% 3.1%
66   Blue Jay 41.6% 3.4% 38.2%
67   Red-tailed Hawk 25.4% 3.4% 22.0%
68   Peregrine Falcon 4.0% 3.4% 0.6%
69   Cooper's Hawk 5.6% 3.1% 2.4%
70   Fox Sparrow 12.1% 2.9% 9.2%
71   Common Loon 6.7% 2.9% 3.9%
72   Bald Eagle 4.6% 2.9% 1.8%
73   Greater Yellowlegs 1.7% 2.9% 1.2%
74   Laughing Gull 0.7% 2.9% 2.2%
75   Turkey Vulture 11.7% 2.6% 9.0%
76   Pied-billed Grebe 5.1% 2.3% 2.7%
77   Canvasback 2.0% 2.1% 0.1%
78   Savannah Sparrow 1.0% 2.1% 1.1%
79   Swamp Sparrow 4.4% 1.8% 2.6%
80   Dunlin 0.7% 1.8% 1.2%
81   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.0% 1.8% 1.8%
82   Red-bellied Woodpecker 30.6% 1.6% 29.0%
83   Tufted Titmouse 24.7% 1.6% 23.1%
84   Wood Duck 12.0% 1.6% 10.4%
85   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6.6% 1.6% 5.0%
86   Cedar Waxwing 3.1% 1.6% 1.5%
87   Field Sparrow 2.3% 1.6% 0.8%
88   Snowy Egret 0.5% 1.6% 1.1%
89   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 1.3% 7.5%
90   Brown Creeper 6.2% 1.3% 4.9%
91   Long-tailed Duck 4.7% 1.3% 3.4%
92   American Kestrel 4.1% 1.3% 2.8%
93   Pine Warbler 3.2% 1.3% 1.9%
94   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.2% 1.3% 0.9%
95   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 1.0% 1.2%
96   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 1.0% 0.8%
97   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.9% 0.8% 20.1%
98   Rusty Blackbird 3.3% 0.8% 2.5%
99   Eastern Towhee 2.3% 0.8% 1.5%
100   Brown Thrasher 0.7% 0.8% 0.1%
101   White-crowned Sparrow 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
102   Black-bellied Plover 0.3% 0.8% 0.4%
103   American Pipit 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
104   Barrow's Goldeneye 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
105   Wilson's Snipe 1.5% 0.5% 1.0%
106   Sanderling 1.5% 0.5% 1.0%
107   Blue-winged Teal 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
108   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
109   Eurasian Wigeon 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
110   Snowy Owl 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
111   Common Eider 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
112   Ruddy Turnstone 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
113   King Eider 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
114   Belted Kingfisher 6.1% 0.3% 5.8%
115   Common Raven 4.0% 0.3% 3.8%
116   Northern Gannet 2.9% 0.3% 2.6%
117   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 0.3% 1.7%
118   Chipping Sparrow 1.7% 0.3% 1.5%
119   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.6% 0.3% 1.3%
120   Black Scoter 1.5% 0.3% 1.3%
121   White-winged Scoter 0.9% 0.3% 0.7%
122   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
123   Eastern Meadowlark 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
124   American Bittern 0.3% 0.3% 0.1%
125   Marsh Wren 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
126   Short-eared Owl 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
127   Glossy Ibis 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
128   Ross's Goose 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
129   American Goshawk 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
130   Red Knot 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
131   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
132   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%