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Top Birds at Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 238 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 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   Great Egret 6 15 128 215 90.3% 100%
2   Great Blue Heron 2 15 130 213 89.5% 100%
3   Little Blue Heron 5 12 118 187 78.6% 100%
4   Osprey 0 14 109 166 69.7% 95%
5   American Goldfinch 0 14 106 154 64.7% 94%
6   Killdeer 1 12 103 152 63.9% 98%
7   Wood Duck 0 14 93 145 60.9% 96%
8   Carolina Wren 0 14 106 143 60.1% 97%
9   Least Sandpiper 2 9 93 132 55.5% 94%
10   Lesser Yellowlegs 2 9 83 129 54.2% 95%
11   American Crow 0 12 86 123 51.7% 99%
12   Solitary Sandpiper 5 9 77 121 50.8% 99%
13   Spotted Sandpiper 2 15 61 120 50.4% 98%
14   Eastern Wood-Pewee 0 15 79 118 49.6% 95%
15   Pectoral Sandpiper 1 8 87 114 47.9% 100%
16   Mourning Dove 0 14 67 108 45.4% 73%
17   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 12 84 106 44.5% 100%
18   Carolina Chickadee 0 13 76 103 43.3% 100%
19   Tufted Titmouse 0 13 59 98 41.2% 93%
20   Northern Cardinal 0 15 68 96 40.3% 73%
21   Semipalmated Plover 4 7 66 95 39.9% 79%
22   Eastern Bluebird 0 10 62 95 39.9% 98%
23   Belted Kingfisher 0 13 59 91 38.2% 99%
24   Double-crested Cormorant 0 12 72 87 36.6% 67%
25   White Ibis 10 11 52 87 36.6% 92%
26   Blue-winged Teal 2 6 70 86 36.1% 100%
27   Indigo Bunting 0 13 55 83 34.9% 97%
28   Blue Grosbeak 1 13 54 81 34.0% 97%
29   Greater Yellowlegs 2 6 59 78 32.8% 82%
30   Eastern Phoebe 0 11 48 78 32.8% 99%
31   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 8 50 77 32.4% 74%
32   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 15 43 77 32.4% 96%
33   Fish Crow 0 11 69 76 31.9% 94%
34   Bald Eagle 0 11 56 70 29.4% 97%
35   Turkey Vulture 0 12 61 68 28.6% 96%
36   Pileated Woodpecker 0 7 50 68 28.6% 100%
37   Downy Woodpecker 0 13 48 66 27.7% 80%
38   Brown-headed Nuthatch 1 12 47 64 26.9% 100%
39   Canada Goose 0 9 65 63 26.5% 61%
40   Mallard 0 12 46 63 26.5% 62%
41   Snowy Egret 4 10 49 63 26.5% 68%
42   Eastern Towhee 0 11 48 61 25.6% 86%
43   Chipping Sparrow 1 11 41 58 24.4% 88%
44   Red-bellied Woodpecker 0 10 55 56 23.5% 63%
45   Green Heron 3 12 45 54 22.7% 85%
46   Black Vulture 0 11 49 49 20.6% 98%
47   Eastern Kingbird 0 12 32 48 20.2% 80%
48   Pine Warbler 0 11 34 47 19.7% 100%
49   Chimney Swift 0 8 31 46 19.3% 68%
50   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0 4 38 45 18.9% 96%
51   White-breasted Nuthatch 0 8 43 43 18.1% 68%
52   Red-shouldered Hawk 0 7 35 43 18.1% 99%
53   Wood Stork 14 4 40 43 18.1% 83%
54   Blue Jay 0 8 33 42 17.6% 40%
55   Wilson's Phalarope 8 3 38 42 17.6% 71%
56   Barred Owl 0 10 25 41 17.2% 100%
57   Barn Swallow 0 9 32 40 16.8% 51%
58   Anhinga 6 7 32 40 16.8% 0%
59   Baird's Sandpiper 4 2 30 35 14.7% 94%
60   Hairy Woodpecker 0 9 26 34 14.3% 75%
61   Stilt Sandpiper 1 6 31 32 13.4% 91%
62   Western Sandpiper 4 4 20 32 13.4% 95%
63   Summer Tanager 0 8 23 32 13.4% 100%
64   Field Sparrow 0 11 25 31 13.0% 83%
65   Limpkin 22 1 37 31 13.0% 100%
66   Northern Flicker 0 8 24 29 12.2% 41%
67   Prothonotary Warbler 1 8 21 27 11.3% 94%
68   Red-tailed Hawk 0 8 23 24 10.1% 61%
69   Great Crested Flycatcher 0 8 20 23 9.7% 74%
70   Tricolored Heron 3 5 19 23 9.7% 92%
71   Common Yellowthroat 0 10 18 20 8.4% 53%
72   Black-bellied Plover 3 2 17 20 8.4% 60%
73   Red-headed Woodpecker 0 6 20 19 8.0% 56%
74   Northern Mockingbird 0 6 17 18 7.6% 30%
75   Northern Yellow Warbler 2 3 15 18 7.6% 49%
76   Cooper's Hawk 1 6 15 18 7.6% 86%
77   Great Horned Owl 0 4 13 18 7.6% 89%
78   Common Grackle 0 6 20 17 7.1% 28%
79   Northern Waterthrush 3 3 16 16 6.7% 49%
80   Short-billed Dowitcher 3 5 14 16 6.7% 61%
81   Black Tern 1 5 10 16 6.7% 88%
82   Prairie Warbler 1 5 14 14 5.9% 87%
83   Red-winged Blackbird 0 6 12 13 5.5% 26%
84   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 0 4 11 13 5.5% 41%
85   American Avocet 8 2 12 13 5.5% 55%
86   Brown-headed Cowbird 1 3 11 11 4.6% 57%
87   American Robin 0 5 13 10 4.2% 6%
88   House Finch 0 3 6 10 4.2% 30%
89   Ruddy Turnstone 5 2 9 10 4.2% 35%
90   Orchard Oriole 1 1 8 10 4.2% 86%
91   Northern Bobwhite 0 4 7 10 4.2% 100%
92   House Wren 0 7 9 9 3.8% 30%
93   Gray Catbird 0 4 7 7 2.9% 4%
94   Red-eyed Vireo 0 2 9 7 2.9% 26%
95   Caspian Tern 2 4 5 7 2.9% 47%
96   White-eyed Vireo 0 4 7 7 2.9% 54%
97   Acadian Flycatcher 0 5 11 7 2.9% 75%
98   Roseate Spoonbill 3 1 8 7 2.9% 100%
99   Sanderling 0 4 8 6 2.5% 28%
100   Louisiana Waterthrush 0 5 5 6 2.5% 71%
101   Yellow-throated Vireo 0 4 5 6 2.5% 83%
102   Yellow-throated Warbler 0 5 10 6 2.5% 100%
103   Purple Martin 0 3 6 5 2.1% 34%
104   Wild Turkey 0 4 6 5 2.1% 26%
105   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0 4 5 5 2.1% 67%
106   Song Sparrow 0 3 5 4 1.7% 3%
107   Willet 0 1 2 4 1.7% 21%
108   Cliff Swallow 1 3 4 4 1.7% 55%
109   Hooded Merganser 0 2 4 4 1.7% 61%
110   Wilson's Snipe 2 3 7 4 1.7% 76%
111   American Redstart 0 2 5 3 1.3% 5%
112   Tree Swallow 0 3 4 3 1.3% 5%
113   White-rumped Sandpiper 0 2 3 3 1.3% 24%
114   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0 2 3 3 1.3% 30%
115   Common Nighthawk 2 2 3 3 1.3% 27%
116   Pied-billed Grebe 0 2 3 3 1.3% 44%
117   Long-billed Dowitcher 1 1 3 3 1.3% 54%
118   Yellow-breasted Chat 0 2 5 3 1.3% 78%
119   American Herring Gull 0 1 1 2 0.8% 1%
120   Ring-billed Gull 0 1 1 2 0.8% 1%
121   Forster's Tern 0 2 2 2 0.8% 3%
122   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0 2 2 2 0.8% 4%
123   Brown Thrasher 0 2 2 2 0.8% 22%
124   Northern Parula 0 2 2 2 0.8% 14%
125   Scarlet Tanager 0 2 4 2 0.8% 19%
126   Northern Harrier 0 2 2 2 0.8% 22%
127   Merlin 1 1 6 2 0.8% 39%
128   Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 2 2 0.8% 30%
129   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1 3 2 0.8% 56%
130   European Starling 0 1 1 1 0.4% 0%
131   Laughing Gull 0 1 1 1 0.4% 0%
132   Black-and-white Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.4% 0%
133   Clapper Rail 1 1 2 1 0.4% 1%
134   Magnolia Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.4% 2%
135   Bank Swallow 0 1 1 1 0.4% 1%
136   Northern Shoveler 0 1 2 1 0.4% 13%
137   Palm Warbler 0 1 3 1 0.4% 55%
138   Eastern Meadowlark 1 1 1 1 0.4% 56%
139   Ring-necked Duck 0 1 1 1 0.4% 0%
140   American Pipit 0 1 1 1 0.4% 100%