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Top Birds at Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 914 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area in October. 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   Great Egret 13.2% 90.6% 77.4%
2   Northern Mockingbird 35.6% 86.5% 51.0%
3   Greater Yellowlegs 6.1% 86.4% 80.3%
4   Song Sparrow 54.8% 85.6% 30.8%
5   Double-crested Cormorant 31.2% 83.5% 52.2%
6   Northern Cardinal 43.9% 83.0% 39.1%
7   Herring Gull 32.0% 82.9% 50.9%
8   European Starling 46.1% 82.3% 36.2%
9   Snowy Egret 4.4% 78.2% 73.8%
10   Canada Goose 40.3% 77.8% 37.5%
11   House Sparrow 46.4% 76.6% 30.2%
12   Mourning Dove 45.4% 74.5% 29.1%
13   American Robin 57.4% 71.9% 14.5%
14   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.1% 71.7% 21.5%
15   Swamp Sparrow 32.3% 70.9% 38.6%
16   Peregrine Falcon 7.0% 69.4% 62.4%
17   Mallard 38.2% 67.8% 29.6%
18   Great Blue Heron 21.2% 66.3% 45.1%
19   Brant 8.8% 66.3% 57.5%
20   Belted Kingfisher 12.4% 61.1% 48.7%
21   Savannah Sparrow 18.9% 59.5% 40.7%
22   House Finch 17.4% 59.1% 41.7%
23   Downy Woodpecker 29.2% 57.7% 28.5%
24   Palm Warbler 30.6% 55.4% 24.7%
25   Blue Jay 56.3% 54.6% 1.7%
26   Gray Catbird 38.3% 53.1% 14.8%
27   Great Black-backed Gull 18.5% 52.1% 33.6%
28   Rock Pigeon 35.3% 51.1% 15.8%
29   Northern Flicker 38.4% 50.5% 12.2%
30   Common Yellowthroat 26.0% 47.0% 21.0%
31   Ring-billed Gull 30.2% 46.3% 16.1%
32   White-throated Sparrow 57.9% 45.3% 12.6%
33   Laughing Gull 13.3% 45.0% 31.7%
34   Black-capped Chickadee 18.0% 44.5% 26.6%
35   Eastern Phoebe 36.3% 44.0% 7.7%
36   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.0% 42.0% 41.1%
37   American Crow 23.1% 41.8% 18.7%
38   Mute Swan 10.4% 38.3% 27.9%
39   Osprey 12.1% 38.2% 26.1%
40   Red-winged Blackbird 15.5% 37.7% 22.3%
41   American Goldfinch 23.6% 36.4% 12.8%
42   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.8% 33.3% 12.5%
43   Black-bellied Plover 3.7% 30.4% 26.7%
44   Hermit Thrush 23.5% 29.5% 6.1%
45   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.1% 29.5% 28.4%
46   Tree Swallow 5.4% 28.9% 23.5%
47   American Black Duck 13.2% 27.7% 14.5%
48   Clapper Rail 0.7% 26.5% 25.8%
49   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.0% 25.5% 21.5%
50   Northern Harrier 5.6% 23.9% 18.2%
51   Marsh Wren 2.0% 22.8% 20.8%
52   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.8% 20.7% 10.9%
53   Merlin 7.3% 20.5% 13.2%
54   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.3% 20.4% 18.1%
55   Eastern Towhee 21.0% 19.6% 1.4%
56   Cooper's Hawk 14.5% 18.7% 4.2%
57   Dunlin 2.3% 17.9% 15.6%
58   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.3% 17.8% 17.5%
59   American Kestrel 12.9% 17.0% 4.1%
60   Killdeer 6.0% 16.0% 10.0%
61   Cedar Waxwing 10.0% 14.2% 4.2%
62   White-crowned Sparrow 11.2% 14.1% 2.9%
63   Carolina Wren 22.4% 13.0% 9.3%
64   Golden-crowned Kinglet 29.1% 11.1% 18.1%
65   Green-winged Teal 5.9% 11.1% 5.2%
66   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.5% 10.8% 10.4%
67   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.9% 10.6% 12.3%
68   Fish Crow 2.5% 10.5% 8.0%
69   Brown Thrasher 5.4% 9.4% 4.0%
70   Common Grackle 21.3% 8.9% 12.4%
71   Green Heron 1.0% 8.9% 7.9%
72   Little Blue Heron 0.4% 8.9% 8.5%
73   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.9% 8.8% 0.8%
74   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.6% 8.3% 7.7%
75   Yellow Warbler 1.1% 7.5% 6.5%
76   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.4% 7.0% 13.4%
77   Tufted Titmouse 19.2% 6.8% 12.4%
78   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1.1% 6.7% 5.5%
79   Dark-eyed Junco 26.2% 6.3% 19.9%
80   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.8% 6.2% 0.5%
81   Pine Siskin 4.5% 5.6% 1.1%
82   American Bittern 0.2% 4.9% 4.7%
83   Red-tailed Hawk 22.8% 4.7% 18.1%
84   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.0% 4.4% 3.4%
85   Red-eyed Vireo 5.7% 4.2% 1.5%
86   Least Sandpiper 0.6% 3.8% 3.2%
87   Snow Goose 0.6% 3.8% 3.2%
88   Brown Creeper 10.8% 3.7% 7.0%
89   Purple Finch 7.0% 3.7% 3.3%
90   Bald Eagle 5.4% 3.6% 1.8%
91   Semipalmated Plover 1.3% 3.4% 2.1%
92   Field Sparrow 11.6% 3.3% 8.3%
93   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.4% 3.1% 32.4%
94   Pine Warbler 6.6% 3.0% 3.7%
95   House Wren 9.3% 2.8% 6.4%
96   Forster's Tern 2.4% 2.7% 0.3%
97   Blue-headed Vireo 11.3% 2.6% 8.6%
98   Seaside Sparrow 0.3% 2.6% 2.4%
99   Winter Wren 10.1% 2.5% 7.5%
100   Black-and-white Warbler 9.5% 2.5% 7.0%
101   Spotted Sandpiper 0.8% 2.4% 1.6%
102   Monk Parakeet 2.3% 2.3% 0.0%
103   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1.2% 2.3% 1.1%
104   Eastern Meadowlark 1.8% 2.2% 0.4%
105   Tricolored Heron 0.0% 2.1% 2.0%
106   Northern Parula 11.1% 1.9% 9.3%
107   Wood Duck 10.0% 1.9% 8.1%
108   Wilson's Snipe 0.8% 1.9% 1.1%
109   Pied-billed Grebe 4.0% 1.8% 2.2%
110   Glossy Ibis 0.1% 1.8% 1.7%
111   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.3% 1.6% 0.3%
112   Blue-winged Teal 1.0% 1.3% 0.4%
113   Great Horned Owl 0.6% 1.3% 0.7%
114   American Oystercatcher 2.1% 1.2% 0.9%
115   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.2% 1.1% 11.1%
116   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.9% 1.1% 5.8%
117   American Redstart 8.0% 1.0% 7.0%
118   American Wigeon 3.1% 1.0% 2.1%
119   Turkey Vulture 9.7% 0.9% 8.8%
120   Common Raven 5.8% 0.9% 5.0%
121   Royal Tern 3.4% 0.9% 2.6%
122   Nelson's Sparrow 2.1% 0.9% 1.2%
123   Gadwall 8.1% 0.8% 7.4%
124   Magnolia Warbler 7.7% 0.8% 7.0%
125   Common Loon 2.3% 0.8% 1.5%
126   Northern Pintail 1.7% 0.8% 0.9%
127   Hooded Merganser 1.1% 0.8% 0.4%
128   Virginia Rail 0.1% 0.8% 0.6%
129   Chipping Sparrow 21.1% 0.7% 20.4%
130   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.4% 0.7% 0.2%
131   Barn Swallow 0.2% 0.7% 0.4%
132   Willet 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
133   Blackpoll Warbler 10.3% 0.5% 9.8%
134   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.7% 0.5% 5.1%
135   Northern Waterthrush 2.5% 0.5% 1.9%
136   Bobolink 0.6% 0.5% 0.0%
137   Common Tern 0.5% 0.5% 0.1%
138   Western Sandpiper 0.1% 0.5% 0.5%
139   Ruddy Duck 8.3% 0.4% 7.9%
140   Hairy Woodpecker 7.9% 0.4% 7.4%
141   Indigo Bunting 4.8% 0.4% 4.4%
142   Great Cormorant 1.2% 0.4% 0.7%
143   Sora 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
144   Hudsonian Godwit 0.3% 0.4% 0.2%
145   Chimney Swift 8.6% 0.3% 8.3%
146   Nashville Warbler 3.6% 0.3% 3.3%
147   Fox Sparrow 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
148   Prothonotary Warbler 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
149   Northern Shoveler 8.8% 0.2% 8.6%
150   Swainson's Thrush 7.6% 0.2% 7.4%
151   American Coot 4.3% 0.2% 4.1%
152   Vesper Sparrow 2.4% 0.2% 2.2%
153   Sanderling 1.7% 0.2% 1.5%
154   Bufflehead 1.6% 0.2% 1.4%
155   Rusty Blackbird 1.4% 0.2% 1.2%
156   Baltimore Oriole 1.2% 0.2% 0.9%
157   Red-breasted Merganser 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
158   Black Skimmer 0.6% 0.2% 0.3%
159   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
160   American Avocet 0.3% 0.2% 0.0%
161   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
162   Mitred Parakeet 0% 0.2% 0.2%
163   Ovenbird 5.5% 0.1% 5.4%
164   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.5% 0.1% 4.3%
165   Eastern Bluebird 1.9% 0.1% 1.8%
166   Wood Thrush 1.8% 0.1% 1.7%
167   Dickcissel 0.9% 0.1% 0.8%
168   Common Nighthawk 0.9% 0.1% 0.8%
169   American Woodcock 0.9% 0.1% 0.8%
170   Black Scoter 0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
171   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
172   Surf Scoter 0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
173   Red-throated Loon 0.7% 0.1% 0.6%
174   American Golden-Plover 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
175   Greater Scaup 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
176   Prairie Warbler 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
177   Least Flycatcher 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
178   Budgerigar 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
179   Cattle Egret 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
180   Harlequin Duck 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
181   Blue-winged Warbler 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
182   Rufous Hummingbird 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
183   Rough-legged Hawk 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
184   Graylag Goose 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
185   Cockatiel 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%