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

based on 159 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond in September. 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   Gray Catbird 60.5% 79.2% 18.7%
2   Osprey 25.3% 74.2% 48.9%
3   Eastern Towhee 7.6% 61.6% 54.0%
4   Northern Mockingbird 31.5% 60.4% 28.8%
5   American Robin 60.3% 53.5% 6.9%
6   Double-crested Cormorant 32.0% 52.8% 20.9%
7   Herring Gull 30.8% 52.8% 22.0%
8   Great Black-backed Gull 18.5% 52.8% 34.3%
9   Tree Swallow 6.9% 52.8% 45.9%
10   American Redstart 43.0% 47.8% 4.8%
11   Carolina Wren 26.8% 45.9% 19.1%
12   Northern Flicker 43.2% 43.4% 0.2%
13   Common Yellowthroat 45.2% 42.8% 2.4%
14   Canada Goose 37.8% 41.5% 3.7%
15   Northern Parula 26.9% 41.5% 14.6%
16   House Finch 14.8% 41.5% 26.7%
17   Northern Cardinal 50.4% 39.6% 10.8%
18   Magnolia Warbler 22.8% 35.2% 12.5%
19   Mourning Dove 53.3% 34.0% 19.3%
20   Red-eyed Vireo 25.1% 32.1% 7.0%
21   Laughing Gull 18.6% 32.1% 13.5%
22   Chipping Sparrow 6.6% 30.8% 24.3%
23   Black-and-white Warbler 31.7% 30.2% 1.5%
24   Cedar Waxwing 16.4% 30.2% 13.8%
25   Field Sparrow 2.3% 30.2% 27.9%
26   Black-throated Green Warbler 12.2% 28.9% 16.7%
27   European Starling 48.5% 28.3% 20.2%
28   Ring-billed Gull 25.2% 27.7% 2.5%
29   White-eyed Vireo 3.5% 27.0% 23.6%
30   Great Blue Heron 24.7% 25.8% 1.1%
31   Song Sparrow 28.7% 24.5% 4.1%
32   Eastern Phoebe 17.9% 23.9% 6.0%
33   Palm Warbler 15.1% 23.9% 8.8%
34   Yellow-rumped Warbler 8.4% 23.9% 15.5%
35   American Goldfinch 27.8% 23.3% 4.5%
36   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8.0% 23.3% 15.2%
37   Chimney Swift 22.5% 22.6% 0.2%
38   Brown Thrasher 8.7% 22.0% 13.3%
39   House Wren 17.3% 21.4% 4.1%
40   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.6% 20.8% 13.2%
41   Black-throated Blue Warbler 16.8% 20.1% 3.3%
42   Cooper's Hawk 7.4% 20.1% 12.8%
43   Turkey Vulture 8.4% 19.5% 11.1%
44   Semipalmated Plover 7.0% 18.2% 11.2%
45   Merlin 5.3% 18.2% 12.9%
46   Black-bellied Plover 4.4% 18.2% 13.8%
47   Downy Woodpecker 31.9% 17.6% 14.3%
48   Blackpoll Warbler 10.4% 17.6% 7.2%
49   Baltimore Oriole 7.8% 17.6% 9.8%
50   Cape May Warbler 6.9% 17.6% 10.7%
51   Northern Harrier 3.6% 17.6% 14.1%
52   Eastern Wood-Pewee 19.5% 17.0% 2.6%
53   Scarlet Tanager 9.7% 16.4% 6.6%
54   Peregrine Falcon 7.4% 16.4% 9.0%
55   Belted Kingfisher 12.1% 15.7% 3.7%
56   American Kestrel 10.8% 15.7% 4.9%
57   Chestnut-sided Warbler 10.2% 15.7% 5.5%
58   American Crow 17.0% 15.1% 1.9%
59   Northern Waterthrush 15.8% 15.1% 0.7%
60   Sanderling 2.9% 15.1% 12.2%
61   Red-winged Blackbird 12.1% 13.8% 1.7%
62   Common Raven 5.4% 13.8% 8.4%
63   Sharp-shinned Hawk 5.3% 13.8% 8.6%
64   Royal Tern 2.9% 13.8% 11.0%
65   Great Egret 20.1% 11.9% 8.1%
66   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 11.5% 11.9% 0.4%
67   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 16.6% 11.3% 5.3%
68   Yellow Warbler 12.3% 11.3% 1.0%
69   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.9% 11.3% 3.4%
70   Bobolink 3.1% 11.3% 8.2%
71   American Oystercatcher 5.0% 10.7% 5.7%
72   Savannah Sparrow 6.3% 10.1% 3.7%
73   Barn Swallow 4.7% 10.1% 5.3%
74   Bay-breasted Warbler 4.4% 10.1% 5.7%
75   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.1% 10.1% 7.9%
76   Blue Jay 51.9% 9.4% 42.4%
77   Red-tailed Hawk 18.7% 9.4% 9.3%
78   Greater Yellowlegs 8.8% 9.4% 0.6%
79   Swainson's Thrush 14.8% 8.8% 6.0%
80   Killdeer 7.4% 8.8% 1.4%
81   Nashville Warbler 4.7% 8.8% 4.2%
82   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2.6% 8.8% 6.2%
83   White-throated Sparrow 9.6% 8.2% 1.4%
84   Eastern Kingbird 3.0% 8.2% 5.2%
85   Least Sandpiper 7.2% 7.5% 0.3%
86   Blackburnian Warbler 2.9% 7.5% 4.6%
87   Ovenbird 12.6% 6.9% 5.7%
88   Mute Swan 11.5% 6.9% 4.5%
89   Indigo Bunting 4.4% 6.9% 2.5%
90   Piping Plover 0.7% 6.9% 6.2%
91   Snowy Egret 12.1% 6.3% 5.9%
92   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4.9% 6.3% 1.4%
93   Lincoln's Sparrow 4.0% 6.3% 2.3%
94   Common Tern 4.0% 6.3% 2.3%
95   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 6.3% 5.0%
96   Dickcissel 0.9% 6.3% 5.4%
97   House Sparrow 46.0% 5.7% 40.3%
98   Rock Pigeon 36.9% 5.7% 31.2%
99   Warbling Vireo 8.2% 5.7% 2.5%
100   Pine Warbler 5.4% 5.7% 0.3%
101   Prairie Warbler 4.3% 5.7% 1.3%
102   Philadelphia Vireo 2.0% 5.7% 3.6%
103   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.3% 5.7% 5.4%
104   Forster's Tern 4.1% 5.0% 0.9%
105   Black Vulture 2.7% 5.0% 2.3%
106   Lark Sparrow 0.6% 5.0% 4.5%
107   Common Loon 0.5% 5.0% 4.5%
108   Tennessee Warbler 6.0% 4.4% 1.6%
109   Spotted Sandpiper 5.0% 4.4% 0.6%
110   Blue-headed Vireo 3.3% 4.4% 1.1%
111   Dark-eyed Junco 1.4% 4.4% 3.0%
112   Brown Creeper 1.3% 4.4% 3.1%
113   American Golden-Plover 0.8% 4.4% 3.6%
114   Baird's Sandpiper 0.6% 4.4% 3.8%
115   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.5% 4.4% 3.9%
116   Bank Swallow 0.3% 4.4% 4.1%
117   Black-capped Chickadee 12.7% 3.8% 9.0%
118   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3.8% 3.8% 0.1%
119   Fish Crow 2.9% 3.8% 0.9%
120   Veery 11.6% 3.1% 8.5%
121   Black-crowned Night-Heron 8.0% 3.1% 4.8%
122   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.2% 3.1% 2.0%
123   Swamp Sparrow 5.0% 3.1% 1.8%
124   Bald Eagle 4.8% 3.1% 1.6%
125   Wilson's Warbler 3.9% 3.1% 0.8%
126   Willet 1.0% 3.1% 2.2%
127   Purple Martin 0.1% 3.1% 3.0%
128   Mallard 36.7% 2.5% 34.2%
129   Red-bellied Woodpecker 29.6% 2.5% 27.1%
130   Wood Duck 10.0% 2.5% 7.5%
131   Lesser Yellowlegs 6.4% 2.5% 3.9%
132   Broad-winged Hawk 3.2% 2.5% 0.7%
133   Connecticut Warbler 2.0% 2.5% 0.5%
134   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1.7% 2.5% 0.8%
135   Blue-winged Warbler 1.5% 2.5% 1.1%
136   Western Sandpiper 0.9% 2.5% 1.6%
137   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 2.5% 1.9%
138   Black Tern 0.4% 2.5% 2.1%
139   Cliff Swallow 0.1% 2.5% 2.4%
140   Hairy Woodpecker 8.5% 1.9% 6.6%
141   American Black Duck 8.0% 1.9% 6.1%
142   Canada Warbler 4.1% 1.9% 2.2%
143   Green-winged Teal 3.7% 1.9% 1.8%
144   Marsh Wren 3.5% 1.9% 1.6%
145   Least Flycatcher 3.4% 1.9% 1.5%
146   Solitary Sandpiper 3.1% 1.9% 1.2%
147   Pectoral Sandpiper 2.0% 1.9% 0.1%
148   Winter Wren 1.8% 1.9% 0.1%
149   Black Skimmer 1.6% 1.9% 0.2%
150   Caspian Tern 1.5% 1.9% 0.4%
151   White-rumped Sandpiper 1.3% 1.9% 0.5%
152   Hooded Warbler 0.9% 1.9% 0.9%
153   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.8% 1.9% 1.1%
154   Red Knot 0.4% 1.9% 1.5%
155   Bonaparte's Gull 0.2% 1.9% 1.7%
156   White-breasted Nuthatch 13.5% 1.3% 12.3%
157   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.0% 1.3% 0.2%
158   Sora 1.0% 1.3% 0.3%
159   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.8% 1.3% 0.4%
160   Dunlin 0.7% 1.3% 0.6%
161   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.6% 1.3% 0.7%
162   Mourning Warbler 0.6% 1.3% 0.7%
163   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.6% 1.3% 0.7%
164   Whimbrel 0.5% 1.3% 0.7%
165   Blue Grosbeak 0.5% 1.3% 0.8%
166   American Pipit 0.4% 1.3% 0.9%
167   Seaside Sparrow 0.3% 1.3% 0.9%
168   Marbled Godwit 0.3% 1.3% 1.0%
169   Western Kingbird 0.2% 1.3% 1.1%
170   Elegant Tern 0.1% 1.3% 1.1%
171   Common Grackle 24.0% 0.6% 23.4%
172   Tufted Titmouse 10.0% 0.6% 9.4%
173   Green Heron 7.6% 0.6% 6.9%
174   Gadwall 4.6% 0.6% 3.9%
175   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.0% 0.6% 3.4%
176   Short-billed Dowitcher 3.0% 0.6% 2.4%
177   Common Nighthawk 2.8% 0.6% 2.2%
178   Blue-winged Teal 2.1% 0.6% 1.5%
179   Clapper Rail 1.9% 0.6% 1.3%
180   Pied-billed Grebe 1.8% 0.6% 1.2%
181   Purple Finch 1.4% 0.6% 0.8%
182   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.1% 0.6% 0.5%
183   American Wigeon 1.0% 0.6% 0.3%
184   Brant 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
185   Great Horned Owl 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
186   Hermit Thrush 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
187   Willow Flycatcher 0.5% 0.6% 0.2%
188   White-crowned Sparrow 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
189   Wilson's Snipe 0.3% 0.6% 0.4%
190   American Bittern 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
191   Red-breasted Merganser 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
192   Nelson's Sparrow 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
193   Least Tern 0.2% 0.6% 0.5%
194   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
195   Carolina Chickadee 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
196   Sandwich Tern 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
197   Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 0% 0.6% 0.6%