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Top Birds at Ridgewood Reservoir in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 31 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Ridgewood Reservoir 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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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Gray Catbird 54.6% 80.6% 26.0%
2   American Robin 57.2% 71.0% 13.7%
3   Mourning Dove 53.7% 71.0% 17.3%
4   Northern Cardinal 47.7% 67.7% 20.0%
5   Red-winged Blackbird 28.5% 61.3% 32.8%
6   Chimney Swift 23.8% 61.3% 37.5%
7   Blue Jay 35.3% 58.1% 22.7%
8   American Redstart 22.0% 51.6% 29.7%
9   European Starling 51.1% 48.4% 2.7%
10   Downy Woodpecker 25.2% 45.2% 19.9%
11   Eastern Kingbird 16.7% 45.2% 28.4%
12   House Sparrow 50.0% 41.9% 8.0%
13   American Goldfinch 37.6% 41.9% 4.3%
14   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 38.7% 21.9%
15   Yellow Warbler 20.2% 35.5% 15.3%
16   Baltimore Oriole 15.1% 35.5% 20.4%
17   Black-and-white Warbler 14.3% 35.5% 21.2%
18   Barn Swallow 39.9% 32.3% 7.6%
19   Mallard 40.8% 29.0% 11.8%
20   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 29.0% 6.4%
21   Song Sparrow 35.0% 29.0% 6.0%
22   Common Grackle 28.2% 29.0% 0.8%
23   Northern Flicker 26.0% 29.0% 3.1%
24   Warbling Vireo 10.0% 25.8% 15.9%
25   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.1% 25.8% 16.7%
26   Northern Mockingbird 36.0% 22.6% 13.5%
27   Laughing Gull 32.0% 22.6% 9.4%
28   Red-bellied Woodpecker 19.3% 22.6% 3.3%
29   Red-tailed Hawk 11.4% 22.6% 11.2%
30   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.8% 22.6% 15.8%
31   Carolina Wren 24.7% 19.4% 5.4%
32   Common Yellowthroat 15.1% 19.4% 4.2%
33   Osprey 30.7% 16.1% 14.6%
34   Northern Waterthrush 15.4% 16.1% 0.7%
35   Tree Swallow 14.1% 16.1% 2.0%
36   Chestnut-sided Warbler 5.0% 12.9% 7.9%
37   Indigo Bunting 3.4% 12.9% 9.5%
38   Canada Goose 40.8% 9.7% 31.2%
39   American Crow 14.4% 9.7% 4.7%
40   House Wren 11.4% 9.7% 1.7%
41   Canada Warbler 5.7% 9.7% 4.0%
42   Hooded Merganser 0.3% 9.7% 9.4%
43   Herring Gull 39.5% 6.5% 33.1%
44   Ring-billed Gull 31.8% 6.5% 25.4%
45   Great Blue Heron 30.7% 6.5% 24.2%
46   Mute Swan 14.5% 6.5% 8.0%
47   American Black Duck 10.1% 6.5% 3.6%
48   Wood Duck 9.3% 6.5% 2.9%
49   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.0% 6.5% 0.6%
50   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.9% 6.5% 0.5%
51   Ovenbird 4.2% 6.5% 2.2%
52   Black-throated Blue Warbler 2.1% 6.5% 4.4%
53   Double-crested Cormorant 41.4% 3.2% 38.1%
54   Great Black-backed Gull 27.0% 3.2% 23.8%
55   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 3.2% 13.8%
56   House Finch 14.9% 3.2% 11.7%
57   Killdeer 14.2% 3.2% 10.9%
58   Black-capped Chickadee 11.2% 3.2% 8.0%
59   White-breasted Nuthatch 9.8% 3.2% 6.5%
60   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.0% 3.2% 5.8%
61   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 3.2% 4.4%
62   Eastern Towhee 7.0% 3.2% 3.8%
63   Hairy Woodpecker 6.0% 3.2% 2.8%
64   Willow Flycatcher 4.7% 3.2% 1.5%
65   Solitary Sandpiper 3.7% 3.2% 0.4%
66   American Kestrel 3.6% 3.2% 0.4%
67   Purple Martin 3.2% 3.2% 0.0%
68   Magnolia Warbler 2.9% 3.2% 0.3%
69   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.1% 3.2% 1.1%
70   Least Flycatcher 2.0% 3.2% 1.2%
71   Northern Parula 1.8% 3.2% 1.4%
72   Scarlet Tanager 1.7% 3.2% 1.6%
73   Worm-eating Warbler 1.3% 3.2% 1.9%
74   Cape May Warbler 1.2% 3.2% 2.0%
75   Orchard Oriole 1.0% 3.2% 2.3%
76   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.8% 3.2% 2.4%
77   Broad-winged Hawk 0.5% 3.2% 2.8%
78   Northern Pintail 0.2% 3.2% 3.0%
79   Summer Tanager 0.0% 3.2% 3.2%
80   Scaly-breasted Munia 0.0% 3.2% 3.2%