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Top Birds at Cow Meadow Park and Preserve in April
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 153 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Cow Meadow Park and Preserve in April. 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   Red-winged Blackbird 54.7% 86.3% 31.6%
2   American Robin 74.8% 85.6% 10.9%
3   Canada Goose 52.9% 83.7% 30.8%
4   Song Sparrow 48.8% 79.7% 31.0%
5   Osprey 19.1% 77.8% 58.6%
6   Mallard 54.7% 75.8% 21.2%
7   Great Egret 22.6% 75.8% 53.2%
8   Brant 13.7% 74.5% 60.8%
9   Common Grackle 48.8% 72.5% 23.8%
10   Northern Cardinal 60.6% 69.9% 9.3%
11   European Starling 56.7% 66.7% 10.0%
12   Double-crested Cormorant 36.7% 62.7% 26.0%
13   Northern Mockingbird 28.3% 62.1% 33.8%
14   Northern Shoveler 8.6% 61.4% 52.8%
15   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.0% 58.8% 54.8%
16   Snowy Egret 7.1% 58.2% 51.1%
17   Herring Gull 26.4% 55.6% 29.2%
18   Mourning Dove 51.6% 54.9% 3.3%
19   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.5% 54.2% 46.7%
20   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.2% 54.2% 53.1%
21   American Black Duck 10.1% 52.3% 42.2%
22   Tree Swallow 22.1% 48.4% 26.3%
23   Fish Crow 15.5% 45.8% 30.2%
24   Greater Yellowlegs 6.4% 43.8% 37.4%
25   Glossy Ibis 2.3% 42.5% 40.2%
26   Green-winged Teal 5.1% 40.5% 35.5%
27   Great Black-backed Gull 15.6% 35.9% 20.3%
28   Hooded Merganser 2.7% 35.3% 32.6%
29   House Sparrow 53.2% 32.7% 20.5%
30   Northern Flicker 45.2% 31.4% 13.8%
31   White-throated Sparrow 57.1% 30.1% 27.1%
32   Great Blue Heron 11.1% 28.8% 17.7%
33   Ring-billed Gull 23.3% 28.1% 4.8%
34   American Crow 19.4% 25.5% 6.1%
35   Savannah Sparrow 7.8% 23.5% 15.7%
36   Rock Pigeon 34.2% 22.2% 11.9%
37   Blue-winged Teal 1.7% 22.2% 20.5%
38   Mute Swan 15.4% 19.0% 3.5%
39   Barn Swallow 14.4% 19.0% 4.6%
40   Downy Woodpecker 38.0% 18.3% 19.7%
41   Brown-headed Cowbird 23.0% 18.3% 4.7%
42   Monk Parakeet 2.5% 17.0% 14.5%
43   Forster's Tern 3.6% 16.3% 12.7%
44   Ruddy Duck 10.8% 15.0% 4.2%
45   Lesser Scaup 1.1% 15.0% 14.0%
46   American Oystercatcher 7.0% 14.4% 7.4%
47   Laughing Gull 11.1% 13.7% 2.6%
48   Gadwall 8.5% 11.1% 2.6%
49   Blue Jay 52.7% 10.5% 42.2%
50   Common Loon 5.2% 9.8% 4.6%
51   Killdeer 9.3% 9.2% 0.2%
52   American Goldfinch 28.5% 8.5% 20.0%
53   Red-breasted Merganser 7.0% 8.5% 1.5%
54   Yellow-rumped Warbler 31.2% 7.8% 23.4%
55   Swamp Sparrow 17.8% 6.5% 11.3%
56   Golden-crowned Kinglet 11.8% 6.5% 5.3%
57   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 29.4% 5.9% 23.5%
58   Carolina Wren 22.3% 5.9% 16.5%
59   Merlin 2.0% 5.9% 3.9%
60   Red-tailed Hawk 24.9% 5.2% 19.6%
61   Black-capped Chickadee 21.9% 5.2% 16.7%
62   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 5.2% 2.6%
63   Little Blue Heron 0.8% 5.2% 4.5%
64   Chipping Sparrow 25.1% 4.6% 20.5%
65   Eastern Towhee 22.0% 4.6% 17.4%
66   Willet 1.4% 4.6% 3.2%
67   Greater Scaup 1.4% 3.3% 1.8%
68   Canvasback 0.2% 3.3% 3.0%
69   Dark-eyed Junco 20.2% 2.6% 17.6%
70   House Finch 16.6% 2.6% 14.0%
71   Turkey Vulture 12.5% 2.6% 9.9%
72   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10.9% 2.6% 8.3%
73   Belted Kingfisher 10.2% 2.6% 7.6%
74   American Kestrel 5.5% 2.6% 2.9%
75   Peregrine Falcon 2.9% 2.6% 0.3%
76   Palm Warbler 28.1% 2.0% 26.1%
77   Hermit Thrush 25.5% 2.0% 23.5%
78   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 17.1% 2.0% 15.1%
79   Hairy Woodpecker 10.0% 2.0% 8.1%
80   House Wren 7.6% 2.0% 5.7%
81   Bald Eagle 3.9% 2.0% 1.9%
82   Green Heron 3.6% 2.0% 1.6%
83   Ring-necked Duck 3.0% 2.0% 1.1%
84   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 2.0% 0.5%
85   Red-bellied Woodpecker 39.8% 1.3% 38.5%
86   Eastern Phoebe 19.1% 1.3% 17.7%
87   Field Sparrow 8.1% 1.3% 6.8%
88   Great Horned Owl 2.5% 1.3% 1.2%
89   Clapper Rail 0.9% 1.3% 0.4%
90   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 1.3% 1.2%
91   Tufted Titmouse 25.8% 0.7% 25.1%
92   Pine Warbler 15.8% 0.7% 15.1%
93   Wood Duck 14.4% 0.7% 13.7%
94   Brown Creeper 9.3% 0.7% 8.7%
95   Gray Catbird 9.1% 0.7% 8.5%
96   American Coot 7.2% 0.7% 6.5%
97   Brown Thrasher 6.2% 0.7% 5.5%
98   Cooper's Hawk 3.7% 0.7% 3.0%
99   Common Raven 3.7% 0.7% 3.0%
100   Common Yellowthroat 3.5% 0.7% 2.8%
101   Common Merganser 2.6% 0.7% 1.9%
102   Northern Harrier 1.9% 0.7% 1.2%
103   Spotted Sandpiper 1.8% 0.7% 1.1%
104   Long-tailed Duck 1.0% 0.7% 0.3%
105   American Woodcock 0.7% 0.7% 0.1%
106   Dunlin 0.7% 0.7% 0.1%
107   American Tree Sparrow 0.7% 0.7% 0.0%
108   Least Sandpiper 0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
109   Snow Goose 0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
110   Purple Martin 0.5% 0.7% 0.2%
111   Common Tern 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
112   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 0.7% 0.5%
113   American Pipit 0.1% 0.7% 0.5%