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Top Birds at Cow Meadow Park and Preserve in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 110 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Cow Meadow Park and Preserve in August. 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 Percentile
1   Tree Swallow 6 13 79 95 86.4% 100%
2   Mallard 2 12 73 88 80.0% 97%
3   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 10 13 77 86 78.2% 98%
4   Great Egret 0 13 74 82 74.5% 93%
5   Northern Mockingbird 2 13 72 81 73.6% 97%
6   Snowy Egret 2 13 76 81 73.6% 95%
7   Glossy Ibis 9 11 71 78 70.9% 99%
8   Osprey 3 13 67 74 67.3% 93%
9   Mourning Dove 1 12 57 63 57.3% 82%
10   Gray Catbird 0 11 60 63 57.3% 79%
11   American Robin 1 10 48 61 55.5% 77%
12   Laughing Gull 0 11 55 60 54.5% 76%
13   American Herring Gull 0 13 50 58 52.7% 77%
14   Barn Swallow 1 13 49 55 50.0% 87%
15   European Starling 2 12 44 54 49.1% 81%
16   Double-crested Cormorant 0 12 48 54 49.1% 76%
17   House Sparrow 2 11 47 52 47.3% 75%
18   White Ibis 35 1 55 52 47.3% 96%
19   Black-crowned Night-Heron 3 13 46 50 45.5% 97%
20   Greater Yellowlegs 2 13 39 49 44.5% 89%
21   Northern Cardinal 0 11 42 48 43.6% 73%
22   Canada Goose 1 12 42 46 41.8% 74%
23   Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 12 40 44 40.0% 79%
24   Least Sandpiper 1 13 39 44 40.0% 84%
25   Ruddy Duck 11 1 44 41 37.3% 100%
26   Great Blue Heron 1 11 35 39 35.5% 74%
27   Northern Yellow Warbler 0 8 39 39 35.5% 92%
28   Red-winged Blackbird 0 10 32 36 32.7% 79%
29   American Goldfinch 0 8 31 32 29.1% 63%
30   Song Sparrow 0 11 28 32 29.1% 65%
31   Great Black-backed Gull 0 12 28 31 28.2% 55%
32   Semipalmated Plover 1 12 29 31 28.2% 65%
33   Lesser Yellowlegs 0 10 29 31 28.2% 83%
34   Ring-billed Gull 2 11 24 30 27.3% 54%
35   Short-billed Dowitcher 0 9 25 27 24.5% 81%
36   Carolina Wren 0 3 25 26 23.6% 63%
37   House Finch 1 10 26 26 23.6% 85%
38   Spotted Sandpiper 0 11 22 24 21.8% 77%
39   Boat-tailed Grackle 0 13 23 24 21.8% 73%
40   Clapper Rail 0 6 24 23 20.9% 81%
41   Northern Flicker 0 6 21 22 20.0% 56%
42   Forster's Tern 0 9 23 18 16.4% 69%
43   Rock Pigeon 0 7 14 16 14.5% 27%
44   Common Yellowthroat 0 7 16 16 14.5% 69%
45   Green Heron 1 8 18 16 14.5% 71%
46   Little Blue Heron 5 5 21 16 14.5% 79%
47   Gadwall 0 5 18 16 14.5% 90%
48   Common Grackle 1 8 15 15 13.6% 45%
49   Downy Woodpecker 0 9 14 15 13.6% 47%
50   Northern Waterthrush 0 4 16 15 13.6% 70%
51   Killdeer 1 6 14 15 13.6% 59%
52   American Black Duck 0 7 17 14 12.7% 82%
53   Mute Swan 0 6 11 12 10.9% 56%
54   Fish Crow 0 6 13 12 10.9% 65%
55   Chimney Swift 0 4 12 11 10.0% 41%
56   American Crow 0 6 10 11 10.0% 55%
57   Bank Swallow 0 4 11 11 10.0% 85%
58   Eastern Kingbird 1 3 11 10 9.1% 50%
59   Cedar Waxwing 0 4 7 10 9.1% 56%
60   Brown-headed Cowbird 0 7 10 10 9.1% 74%
61   Northern Shoveler 1 1 13 10 9.1% 82%
62   Common Tern 0 6 9 9 8.2% 27%
63   Black-bellied Plover 0 6 9 9 8.2% 55%
64   Black Skimmer 0 6 9 9 8.2% 47%
65   Willow Flycatcher 0 7 7 9 8.2% 67%
66   American Oystercatcher 0 6 8 8 7.3% 30%
67   Monk Parakeet 0 7 8 8 7.3% 59%
68   Purple Martin 0 2 9 7 6.4% 59%
69   Blue-winged Teal 1 5 6 6 5.5% 85%
70   Blue Jay 0 3 5 5 4.5% 10%
71   Belted Kingfisher 0 2 6 5 4.5% 35%
72   Common Raven 0 3 5 5 4.5% 56%
73   Pectoral Sandpiper 1 4 5 5 4.5% 63%
74   American Redstart 0 1 4 4 3.6% 19%
75   Baltimore Oriole 0 2 3 4 3.6% 20%
76   House Wren 0 3 4 4 3.6% 22%
77   Warbling Vireo 0 4 4 4 3.6% 32%
78   Willet 0 3 5 4 3.6% 36%
79   Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 3 2.7% 30%
80   Eastern Towhee 0 1 3 3 2.7% 36%
81   Solitary Sandpiper 0 3 3 3 2.7% 32%
82   American Kestrel 0 1 4 3 2.7% 35%
83   White-rumped Sandpiper 0 1 3 3 2.7% 44%
84   Bobolink 0 1 3 3 2.7% 48%
85   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0 3 3 3 2.7% 55%
86   Gull-billed Tern 0 2 3 3 2.7% 36%
87   Hudsonian Whimbrel 0 2 3 3 2.7% 59%
88   Red-tailed Hawk 1 2 3 2 1.8% 8%
89   Red-eyed Vireo 0 2 2 2 1.8% 10%
90   Black-capped Chickadee 0 1 1 2 1.8% 15%
91   Eastern Wood-Pewee 0 2 2 2 1.8% 11%
92   Great Crested Flycatcher 0 2 2 2 1.8% 11%
93   Brown Thrasher 0 1 2 2 1.8% 39%
94   Cooper's Hawk 0 2 2 2 1.8% 24%
95   Northern Harrier 0 2 3 2 1.8% 44%
96   Tricolored Heron 0 2 2 2 1.8% 43%
97   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 1 1 1 0.9% 2%
98   Least Tern 0 1 1 1 0.9% 4%
99   Ovenbird 0 1 1 1 0.9% 3%
100   Stilt Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 0.9% 12%
101   Magnolia Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.9% 6%
102   Royal Tern 0 1 1 1 0.9% 3%
103   Northern Parula 0 1 1 1 0.9% 10%
104   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0 1 1 1 0.9% 9%
105   Green-winged Teal 0 1 1 1 0.9% 20%
106   Common Nighthawk 0 1 2 1 0.9% 13%
107   Prairie Warbler 0 1 2 1 0.9% 9%
108   Savannah Sparrow 0 1 1 1 0.9% 22%
109   Dunlin 0 1 1 1 0.9% 29%
110   Muscovy Duck 0 1 1 1 0.9% 25%