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Top Birds at Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 58 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond in January. 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   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.8% 51.7% 46.9%
2   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 44.8% 21.2%
3   Herring Gull 43.3% 34.5% 8.8%
4   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 34.5% 2.9%
5   Canada Goose 53.5% 32.8% 20.7%
6   House Finch 13.4% 31.0% 17.6%
7   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 29.3% 7.4%
8   White-throated Sparrow 42.1% 27.6% 14.6%
9   American Robin 24.8% 27.6% 2.7%
10   Carolina Wren 15.1% 27.6% 12.5%
11   European Starling 36.0% 25.9% 10.1%
12   Northern Gannet 2.1% 22.4% 20.3%
13   Ring-billed Gull 52.1% 20.7% 31.4%
14   Song Sparrow 32.2% 20.7% 11.5%
15   Long-tailed Duck 9.1% 20.7% 11.6%
16   Common Raven 3.9% 20.7% 16.8%
17   Western Tanager 0.3% 20.7% 20.4%
18   Common Loon 10.6% 17.2% 6.6%
19   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 12.1% 4.8%
20   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 12.1% 5.5%
21   Surf Scoter 2.8% 12.1% 9.3%
22   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 12.1% 10.4%
23   American Black Duck 27.9% 10.3% 17.5%
24   Bufflehead 31.9% 8.6% 23.3%
25   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.7% 8.6% 16.1%
26   Sanderling 4.1% 8.6% 4.6%
27   Black Scoter 2.9% 8.6% 5.7%
28   Bonaparte's Gull 2.3% 8.6% 6.4%
29   Tree Swallow 0.7% 8.6% 7.9%
30   Mourning Dove 29.4% 6.9% 22.5%
31   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 6.9% 20.3%
32   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 6.9% 7.0%
33   Hermit Thrush 2.7% 6.9% 4.1%
34   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 6.9% 5.0%
35   Brant 20.5% 5.2% 15.4%
36   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 5.2% 14.1%
37   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 5.2% 10.7%
38   American Goldfinch 13.2% 5.2% 8.1%
39   Northern Flicker 6.9% 5.2% 1.7%
40   Bald Eagle 5.2% 5.2% 0.1%
41   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 5.2% 0.0%
42   Great Cormorant 4.8% 5.2% 0.3%
43   Pine Siskin 0.6% 5.2% 4.5%
44   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 3.4% 25.4%
45   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 3.4% 18.3%
46   American Crow 18.2% 3.4% 14.8%
47   Mute Swan 14.5% 3.4% 11.0%
48   Turkey Vulture 4.8% 3.4% 1.3%
49   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 3.4% 1.2%
50   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.8% 3.4% 0.7%
51   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.6% 3.4% 0.9%
52   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 3.4% 1.1%
53   Common Eider 1.4% 3.4% 2.0%
54   Field Sparrow 1.2% 3.4% 2.3%
55   Snowy Owl 1.1% 3.4% 2.3%
56   Mallard 49.0% 1.7% 47.3%
57   House Sparrow 35.7% 1.7% 34.0%
58   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 1.7% 17.8%
59   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 1.7% 6.7%
60   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 1.7% 5.2%
61   Common Merganser 6.7% 1.7% 5.0%
62   Common Grackle 5.1% 1.7% 3.4%
63   Northern Harrier 4.2% 1.7% 2.5%
64   Snow Goose 2.6% 1.7% 0.9%
65   Horned Lark 2.2% 1.7% 0.5%
66   Merlin 1.9% 1.7% 0.2%
67   Rusty Blackbird 1.8% 1.7% 0.1%
68   Black Vulture 1.4% 1.7% 0.3%
69   Black-bellied Plover 1.0% 1.7% 0.7%
70   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.9% 1.7% 0.8%
71   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 1.7% 0.9%
72   Purple Finch 0.4% 1.7% 1.3%