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Top Birds at Rockland Lake SP in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 181 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockland Lake SP in December. 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   Canada Goose 51.5% 88.4% 36.9%
2   Mute Swan 13.7% 80.7% 66.9%
3   Common Merganser 4.6% 80.7% 76.1%
4   Mallard 48.2% 79.0% 30.8%
5   Bufflehead 28.0% 77.9% 49.9%
6   Hooded Merganser 18.6% 76.2% 57.6%
7   American Coot 10.2% 74.0% 63.9%
8   Ring-billed Gull 49.6% 73.5% 23.9%
9   Gadwall 15.0% 69.1% 54.0%
10   American Crow 20.5% 63.0% 42.5%
11   Blue Jay 39.8% 62.4% 22.7%
12   Great Blue Heron 20.1% 60.8% 40.7%
13   Northern Shoveler 14.7% 55.8% 41.1%
14   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.6% 49.2% 20.6%
15   European Starling 38.8% 47.5% 8.7%
16   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.9% 47.5% 27.7%
17   Downy Woodpecker 30.6% 46.4% 15.8%
18   Song Sparrow 37.0% 45.3% 8.3%
19   Tufted Titmouse 21.2% 45.3% 24.1%
20   Carolina Wren 18.7% 44.8% 26.1%
21   Pied-billed Grebe 5.2% 41.4% 36.2%
22   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 39.8% 15.5%
23   Dark-eyed Junco 23.2% 35.4% 12.2%
24   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 33.7% 15.0%
25   Hairy Woodpecker 9.2% 29.3% 20.1%
26   Turkey Vulture 5.3% 28.7% 23.5%
27   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 26.5% 1.9%
28   American Goldfinch 20.4% 26.5% 6.1%
29   Eastern Bluebird 0.9% 24.9% 23.9%
30   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 24.3% 15.8%
31   Common Raven 4.4% 24.3% 19.9%
32   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 22.1% 2.5%
33   Belted Kingfisher 9.5% 21.0% 11.5%
34   American Robin 29.6% 18.8% 10.8%
35   Northern Flicker 10.9% 18.8% 7.9%
36   Bald Eagle 4.8% 18.8% 14.0%
37   Redhead 1.2% 18.2% 17.0%
38   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 16.6% 1.0%
39   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 14.9% 3.0%
40   Winter Wren 4.9% 14.4% 9.4%
41   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.6% 13.8% 13.2%
42   Ring-necked Duck 3.9% 13.3% 9.3%
43   House Sparrow 38.6% 12.7% 25.9%
44   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 12.7% 8.4%
45   Mourning Dove 36.2% 12.2% 24.1%
46   Herring Gull 42.0% 11.0% 31.0%
47   Great Black-backed Gull 29.5% 10.5% 19.0%
48   Black Vulture 1.3% 9.9% 8.7%
49   House Finch 16.4% 9.4% 7.0%
50   Brown Creeper 4.1% 9.4% 5.3%
51   American Black Duck 26.7% 8.8% 17.9%
52   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.8% 8.8% 2.0%
53   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 6.6% 1.7%
54   Wood Duck 3.8% 6.6% 2.9%
55   Fish Crow 5.2% 5.5% 0.4%
56   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 5.0% 4.2%
57   Pileated Woodpecker 1.4% 5.0% 3.6%
58   Cedar Waxwing 3.7% 3.9% 0.2%
59   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 3.9% 0.2%
60   Red-breasted Merganser 14.9% 3.3% 11.6%
61   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 3.3% 4.3%
62   American Wigeon 6.2% 3.3% 2.9%
63   Common Grackle 5.5% 3.3% 2.2%
64   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 2.8% 8.0%
65   Common Loon 9.1% 2.8% 6.3%
66   Cackling Goose 0.6% 2.8% 2.2%
67   Purple Finch 1.3% 2.2% 0.9%
68   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.5% 2.2% 1.7%
69   American Tree Sparrow 6.5% 1.7% 4.8%
70   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 1.7% 1.0%
71   Great Horned Owl 2.4% 1.7% 0.8%
72   Snow Goose 2.2% 1.7% 0.5%
73   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 1.1% 4.7%
74   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 1.1% 4.4%
75   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 1.1% 4.1%
76   Great Cormorant 3.8% 1.1% 2.7%
77   Killdeer 1.9% 1.1% 0.7%
78   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 1.1% 0.3%
79   Eurasian Wigeon 0.4% 1.1% 0.7%
80   Greater Scaup 6.8% 0.6% 6.2%
81   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 0.6% 5.1%
82   Horned Grebe 5.3% 0.6% 4.7%
83   Gray Catbird 4.0% 0.6% 3.4%
84   Common Goldeneye 3.9% 0.6% 3.3%
85   Northern Pintail 3.3% 0.6% 2.7%
86   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.3% 0.6% 2.7%
87   Canvasback 2.2% 0.6% 1.6%
88   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 0.6% 1.6%
89   Field Sparrow 1.9% 0.6% 1.3%
90   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 0.6% 1.2%
91   Wild Turkey 1.4% 0.6% 0.9%
92   American Pipit 1.0% 0.6% 0.4%
93   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 0.6% 0.3%
94   Golden Eagle 0.0% 0.6% 0.5%