Bird Finder

Top Birds at Raritan Bay Waterfront Park & Morgan Avenue Mudflats in July
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 265 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Raritan Bay Waterfront Park & Morgan Avenue Mudflats in July. 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Links Species Media Years Birders Hits Frequency Relative Rank
1   Laughing Gull 6 21 89 217 81.9% +45.5% 30 / 680
2   Common Tern 8 21 83 199 75.1% +51.9% 21 / 428
3   Double-crested Cormorant 2 19 79 197 74.3% +30.0% 60 / 867
4   American Herring Gull 2 20 82 195 73.6% +32.7% 45 / 815
5   Canada Goose 0 21 86 186 70.2% +31.1% 49 / 789
6   Mourning Dove 1 18 79 183 69.1% +17.4% 71 / 1132
7   Red-winged Blackbird 1 20 74 176 66.4% +15.5% 105 / 852
8   Barn Swallow 3 20 78 174 65.7% +17.1% 86 / 923
9   Great Black-backed Gull 3 21 78 172 64.9% +37.7% 30 / 577
10   Great Egret 1 21 63 170 64.2% +24.5% 77 / 714
11   Osprey 1 18 74 169 63.8% +34.7% 43 / 678
12   European Starling 1 20 68 165 62.3% +8.1% 121 / 1135
13   Marsh Wren 4 18 62 163 61.5% +49.0% 17 / 204
14   Northern Mockingbird 1 19 75 156 58.9% +17.5% 86 / 952
15   Song Sparrow 2 17 69 154 58.1% +9.4% 168 / 892
16   House Sparrow 1 18 71 144 54.3% -2.3% 286 / 1232
17   Ring-billed Gull 0 18 66 133 50.2% +23.3% 73 / 660
18   American Goldfinch 0 20 60 119 44.9% +14.3% 109 / 740
19   Forster's Tern 3 20 61 108 40.8% +23.6% 36 / 361
20   Least Tern 4 21 59 108 40.8% +26.1% 29 / 271
21   American Robin 0 15 50 104 39.2% -24.4% 553 / 1188
22   Rock Pigeon 0 17 54 101 38.1% +2.0% 304 / 998
23   Great Blue Heron 1 18 51 99 37.4% +9.3% 113 / 685
24   Snowy Egret 5 20 38 97 36.6% +13.0% 78 / 402
25   Killdeer 3 19 47 94 35.5% +16.3% 87 / 426
26   Bank Swallow 0 14 50 94 35.5% +29.3% 18 / 210
27   American Oystercatcher 0 20 47 82 30.9% +15.0% 76 / 235
28   Tree Swallow 3 16 44 79 29.8% +7.5% 81 / 519
29   Mallard 0 18 39 69 26.0% -12.1% 241 / 730
30   Fish Crow 1 16 37 65 24.5% +10.2% 126 / 657
31   Black Skimmer 6 12 44 61 23.0% +12.5% 41 / 251
32   Common Grackle 0 15 41 60 22.6% -12.7% 403 / 936
33   Common Yellowthroat 0 16 36 59 22.3% +4.9% 150 / 440
34   Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 16 28 58 21.9% +9.0% 49 / 247
35   House Finch 0 12 31 51 19.2% +2.1% 139 / 704
36   Willet 2 14 31 51 19.2% +12.3% 25 / 117
37   Least Sandpiper 1 16 34 50 18.9% +1.8% 91 / 313
38   Semipalmated Plover 2 14 36 49 18.5% +10.6% 28 / 186
39   Willow Flycatcher 0 16 28 48 18.1% +6.2% 94 / 297
40   Seaside Sparrow 2 14 26 44 16.6% +15.4% 6 / 34
41   Bonaparte's Gull 3 10 30 43 16.2% +15.6% 1 / 38
42   Royal Tern 3 11 28 42 15.8% +14.4% 14 / 87
43   Gray Catbird 0 16 33 41 15.5% -36.2% 661 / 977
44   Northern Cardinal 1 16 29 39 14.7% -32.1% 693 / 1002
45   American Crow 0 18 29 39 14.7% +1.2% 173 / 728
46   Chimney Swift 0 14 30 38 14.3% -8.5% 356 / 860
47   Spotted Sandpiper 1 16 23 37 14.0% +0.8% 118 / 384
48   Boat-tailed Grackle 0 13 24 32 12.1% +4.5% 60 / 150
49   Brown-headed Cowbird 1 11 19 28 10.6% +1.6% 131 / 480
50   Eastern Kingbird 0 9 16 26 9.8% -5.4% 235 / 528
51   Carolina Wren 0 9 19 25 9.4% -11.1% 437 / 723
52   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0 10 19 25 9.4% -10.8% 231 / 525
53   American Black Duck 0 12 14 25 9.4% +1.2% 60 / 290
54   Green Heron 1 10 18 23 8.7% -0.1% 123 / 341
55   Chipping Sparrow 0 7 14 23 8.7% +2.7% 139 / 329
56   Northern Yellow Warbler 0 9 14 20 7.5% -16.1% 324 / 541
57   Clapper Rail 2 10 15 20 7.5% +1.9% 48 / 119
58   Caspian Tern 4 6 14 20 7.5% +6.6% 8 / 74
59   Brant 0 3 15 19 7.2% +6.1% 11 / 69
60   Sandwich Tern 4 1 17 19 7.2% +7.1% 2 / 6
61   Short-billed Dowitcher 3 8 19 18 6.8% -1.3% 40 / 135
62   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0 9 12 17 6.4% +0.3% 138 / 367
63   Sanderling 0 9 13 16 6.0% +3.5% 36 / 90
64   Northern Flicker 0 10 13 14 5.3% -15.3% 540 / 686
65   Blue Jay 0 7 10 13 4.9% -23.1% 719 / 849
66   Common Loon 2 6 9 12 4.5% +3.8% 19 / 67
67   House Wren 0 5 10 11 4.2% -12.2% 405 / 532
68   Turkey Vulture 0 6 10 11 4.2% -0.7% 242 / 403
69   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1 4 7 10 3.8% +1.1% 10 / 34
70   Downy Woodpecker 0 7 10 9 3.4% -18.6% 638 / 733
71   Greater Yellowlegs 0 5 8 9 3.4% -7.4% 113 / 178
72   Cooper's Hawk 0 4 9 8 3.0% +2.0% 38 / 139
73   American Avocet 2 3 8 8 3.0% +2.6% 8 / 15
74   Warbling Vireo 0 3 7 7 2.6% -10.3% 380 / 467
75   Purple Martin 0 5 7 7 2.6% -2.4% 113 / 169
76   Belted Kingfisher 0 5 8 7 2.6% -0.4% 163 / 275
77   Bald Eagle 1 5 6 6 2.3% +0.2% 116 / 191
78   Surf Scoter 2 1 8 6 2.3% +2.0% 10 / 27
79   Cedar Waxwing 0 5 6 5 1.9% -19.4% 607 / 642
80   Gull-billed Tern 1 1 5 5 1.9% -0.2% 21 / 28
81   Roseate Tern 3 2 5 5 1.9% +1.8% 6 / 15
82   Red-tailed Hawk 0 3 4 4 1.5% -7.6% 530 / 571
83   Wood Duck 0 4 5 4 1.5% -6.1% 208 / 247
84   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 3 4 4 1.5% -2.1% 173 / 230
85   Ruddy Turnstone 0 3 4 4 1.5% +0.2% 51 / 68
86   Carolina Chickadee 0 3 6 4 1.5% +1.3% 16 / 18
87   Great Crested Flycatcher 0 2 3 3 1.1% -4.2% 269 / 295
88   Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 3 1.1% -4.0% 272 / 312
89   Brown Thrasher 0 2 3 3 1.1% -2.9% 131 / 162
90   Hudsonian Whimbrel 3 3 4 3 1.1% +0.7% 26 / 50
91   Red-throated Loon 0 1 3 3 1.1% +1.1% 3 / 7
92   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 0 1 2 2 0.8% -10.7% 231 / 249
93   Lesser Yellowlegs 0 2 3 2 0.8% -7.5% 140 / 152
94   Orchard Oriole 0 1 2 2 0.8% -2.0% 171 / 192
95   Field Sparrow 0 2 2 2 0.8% -1.1% 82 / 91
96   Eastern Phoebe 0 2 2 2 0.8% -1.1% 164 / 189
97   Least Bittern 0 2 2 2 0.8% -0.6% 39 / 46
98   Cliff Swallow 0 2 2 2 0.8% -0.4% 80 / 94
99   Greater Scaup 0 1 1 2 0.8% +0.1% 26 / 33
100   Green-winged Teal 1 2 2 2 0.8% +0.2% 20 / 29
101   Black-headed Gull 0 1 3 2 0.8% +0.5% 5 / 5
102   Black Tern 0 2 2 2 0.8% +0.6% 9 / 16
103   Red-bellied Woodpecker 0 1 1 1 0.4% -13.8% 529 / 531
104   Glossy Ibis 0 1 2 1 0.4% -8.6% 173 / 176
105   Black-capped Chickadee 0 1 1 1 0.4% -6.5% 353 / 354
106   Tufted Titmouse 0 1 2 1 0.4% -5.9% 346 / 348
107   Indigo Bunting 0 1 1 1 0.4% -4.8% 234 / 237
108   Little Blue Heron 0 1 2 1 0.4% -3.2% 134 / 138
109   Piping Plover 1 1 1 1 0.4% -2.5% 49 / 52
110   Swamp Sparrow 0 1 1 1 0.4% -2.0% 124 / 128
111   American Kestrel 0 1 1 1 0.4% -1.9% 235 / 238
112   Stilt Sandpiper 1 1 1 1 0.4% -1.6% 22 / 27
113   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 1 1 1 0.4% -1.5% 180 / 184
114   White-eyed Vireo 0 1 1 1 0.4% -1.2% 81 / 81
115   Solitary Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 0.4% -1.0% 149 / 150
116   Black Vulture 0 1 1 1 0.4% -0.7% 137 / 141
117   Black-bellied Plover 0 1 1 1 0.4% -0.5% 48 / 51
118   Savannah Sparrow 0 1 1 1 0.4% -0.4% 61 / 65
119   American Coot 1 1 1 1 0.4% 0.0% 12 / 12
120   Blue Grosbeak 0 1 1 1 0.4% 0.0% 28 / 32
121   Black Scoter 1 1 1 1 0.4% 0.0% 25 / 26
122   Northern Harrier 0 1 1 1 0.4% +0.2% 26 / 28
123   Western Reef-Heron 0 1 1 1 0.4% +0.3% 4 / 4
124   Little Gull 0 1 1 1 0.4% +0.3% 4 / 6
125   Great Shearwater 1 1 1 1 0.4% +0.3% 8 / 9
126   Horned Lark 1 1 1 1 0.4% +0.4% 5 / 6
127   Yellow-headed Blackbird 0 1 1 1 0.4% +0.4% 2 / 2