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

based on 1258 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area in May. 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   Osprey 15.6% 93.4% 77.8%
2   Willet 4.8% 92.4% 87.6%
3   Red-winged Blackbird 52.9% 91.7% 38.8%
4   Great Egret 24.7% 91.6% 66.9%
5   Canada Goose 44.6% 91.3% 46.7%
6   Tree Swallow 21.7% 88.5% 66.8%
7   Song Sparrow 35.0% 86.6% 51.6%
8   House Sparrow 56.7% 84.7% 28.0%
9   Forster's Tern 7.1% 84.1% 77.0%
10   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.0% 83.9% 80.9%
11   Snowy Egret 9.1% 83.7% 74.6%
12   Herring Gull 22.8% 82.5% 59.7%
13   European Starling 58.2% 80.5% 22.3%
14   Least Sandpiper 6.3% 77.7% 71.4%
15   Clapper Rail 2.5% 77.3% 74.8%
16   Mallard 49.0% 76.6% 27.6%
17   Northern Cardinal 58.8% 75.0% 16.1%
18   Double-crested Cormorant 33.6% 74.5% 40.9%
19   American Robin 73.3% 72.6% 0.7%
20   Barn Swallow 31.3% 71.1% 39.8%
21   Common Grackle 54.7% 71.0% 16.3%
22   Semipalmated Plover 3.8% 71.0% 67.2%
23   Northern Mockingbird 26.3% 69.3% 43.1%
24   Greater Yellowlegs 5.2% 66.4% 61.2%
25   Gray Catbird 65.9% 66.2% 0.3%
26   Laughing Gull 16.3% 65.5% 49.2%
27   American Oystercatcher 7.3% 65.3% 58.0%
28   Glossy Ibis 3.6% 63.8% 60.2%
29   Brant 10.2% 61.1% 50.9%
30   Yellow Warbler 42.4% 61.0% 18.6%
31   Mourning Dove 53.3% 60.3% 6.9%
32   Great Black-backed Gull 12.8% 59.1% 46.3%
33   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.3% 55.9% 51.6%
34   Peregrine Falcon 2.1% 54.3% 52.2%
35   Fish Crow 10.4% 51.1% 40.7%
36   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0.2% 50.2% 50.0%
37   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.2% 49.2% 38.0%
38   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 46.3% 1.3%
39   Black-bellied Plover 3.0% 45.1% 42.1%
40   Short-billed Dowitcher 1.3% 44.5% 43.2%
41   Ring-billed Gull 14.0% 42.6% 28.6%
42   House Finch 15.7% 42.5% 26.8%
43   Least Tern 3.5% 39.2% 35.6%
44   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 37.6% 2.2%
45   American Goldfinch 28.6% 36.9% 8.3%
46   Common Tern 5.5% 30.5% 25.0%
47   Seaside Sparrow 0.5% 30.1% 29.7%
48   American Crow 17.5% 28.9% 11.4%
49   Marsh Wren 4.4% 26.4% 22.0%
50   Swamp Sparrow 12.9% 25.9% 13.0%
51   Savannah Sparrow 5.3% 24.3% 19.0%
52   Boat-tailed Grackle 5.0% 22.7% 17.7%
53   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.5% 22.7% 20.1%
54   Spotted Sandpiper 12.3% 21.5% 9.2%
55   White-throated Sparrow 34.4% 21.3% 13.1%
56   Green Heron 8.9% 19.2% 10.4%
57   Dunlin 2.0% 19.2% 17.1%
58   Black-capped Chickadee 12.0% 18.6% 6.6%
59   Ruddy Turnstone 2.0% 18.1% 16.1%
60   Mute Swan 11.4% 18.0% 6.6%
61   Downy Woodpecker 28.3% 16.9% 11.4%
62   Willow Flycatcher 5.3% 16.1% 10.7%
63   Purple Martin 1.2% 15.4% 14.2%
64   Little Blue Heron 1.1% 15.1% 14.0%
65   Northern Flicker 29.3% 14.9% 14.3%
66   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 14.1% 5.8%
67   Belted Kingfisher 4.1% 13.6% 9.5%
68   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 12.7% 4.1%
69   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.9% 11.6% 10.7%
70   Blue Jay 49.7% 10.7% 39.0%
71   Tricolored Heron 0.3% 10.3% 10.0%
72   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.9% 9.2% 11.7%
73   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 8.7% 0.9%
74   Yellow-rumped Warbler 34.1% 7.3% 26.8%
75   Baltimore Oriole 45.1% 7.2% 37.9%
76   Magnolia Warbler 27.7% 7.0% 20.7%
77   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 7.0% 0.3%
78   Killdeer 9.3% 6.4% 2.9%
79   Black-necked Stilt 0.1% 6.3% 6.2%
80   Carolina Wren 20.0% 6.2% 13.8%
81   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 6.1% 0.2%
82   American Black Duck 5.0% 5.6% 0.5%
83   Chimney Swift 30.1% 5.2% 24.9%
84   Blue-winged Teal 0.5% 4.6% 4.1%
85   Black Skimmer 1.6% 4.5% 2.9%
86   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.3% 4.1% 3.8%
87   American Redstart 40.8% 4.1% 36.8%
88   Black-and-white Warbler 39.9% 4.0% 35.9%
89   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.3% 4.0% 9.3%
90   Gull-billed Tern 0.2% 3.6% 3.4%
91   Veery 20.2% 3.5% 16.7%
92   Northern Parula 36.1% 3.3% 32.8%
93   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 3.1% 5.4%
94   Hermit Thrush 11.2% 2.9% 8.2%
95   Ovenbird 33.0% 2.9% 30.2%
96   Common Loon 2.4% 2.8% 0.3%
97   Eastern Kingbird 17.0% 2.5% 14.5%
98   Red-breasted Merganser 1.7% 2.4% 0.7%
99   Blue-headed Vireo 14.4% 2.3% 12.1%
100   Gadwall 7.0% 2.3% 4.7%
101   House Wren 27.0% 2.2% 24.8%
102   Blackpoll Warbler 22.1% 1.8% 20.3%
103   Warbling Vireo 32.5% 1.7% 30.8%
104   Red-eyed Vireo 23.0% 1.7% 21.3%
105   Horned Grebe 0.2% 1.7% 1.5%
106   Monk Parakeet 2.0% 1.6% 0.5%
107   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.1% 1.6% 1.5%
108   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.3% 1.4% 26.9%
109   Turkey Vulture 9.9% 1.4% 8.4%
110   Wilson's Warbler 8.9% 1.4% 7.5%
111   Bank Swallow 2.5% 1.4% 1.2%
112   Greater Scaup 0.4% 1.4% 0.9%
113   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 1.3% 2.3%
114   Red-tailed Hawk 20.0% 1.2% 18.8%
115   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 1.2% 0.2%
116   Red-throated Loon 1.1% 1.0% 0.0%
117   Green-winged Teal 0.6% 1.0% 0.5%
118   Orchard Oriole 10.3% 1.0% 9.4%
119   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 1.0% 4.9%
120   Field Sparrow 3.4% 1.0% 2.5%
121   Bald Eagle 2.5% 1.0% 1.6%
122   Sanderling 1.7% 1.0% 0.7%
123   Palm Warbler 5.3% 0.9% 4.5%
124   American Kestrel 2.2% 0.9% 1.3%
125   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.6% 0.8% 37.8%
126   Scarlet Tanager 19.1% 0.8% 18.3%
127   Chipping Sparrow 18.5% 0.8% 17.7%
128   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 0.8% 2.9%
129   Northern Harrier 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
130   Wood Thrush 23.4% 0.7% 22.6%
131   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.4% 0.7% 15.7%
132   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.2% 0.7% 11.4%
133   Wilson's Phalarope 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
134   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.6% 0.6% 14.0%
135   Least Flycatcher 6.0% 0.6% 5.4%
136   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
137   Northern Waterthrush 23.5% 0.6% 22.9%
138   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.4% 0.6% 19.8%
139   Canada Warbler 11.8% 0.6% 11.3%
140   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 0.6% 2.3%
141   Northern Shoveler 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
142   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.2% 0.4% 10.8%
143   Indigo Bunting 10.1% 0.4% 9.7%
144   Wood Duck 9.4% 0.4% 9.0%
145   Nashville Warbler 9.0% 0.3% 8.7%
146   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 0.3% 4.6%
147   Piping Plover 1.4% 0.3% 1.1%
148   Merlin 0.9% 0.3% 0.6%
149   American Coot 0.9% 0.3% 0.6%
150   Red Knot 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
151   American Bittern 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
152   Swainson's Thrush 18.0% 0.2% 17.7%
153   Cape May Warbler 7.1% 0.2% 6.8%
154   Virginia Rail 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
155   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
156   Whimbrel 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
157   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.6% 0.2% 16.5%
158   Hairy Woodpecker 8.4% 0.2% 8.3%
159   White-eyed Vireo 4.4% 0.2% 4.2%
160   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.3% 0.2% 3.1%
161   Common Raven 2.5% 0.2% 2.4%
162   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 0.2% 1.4%
163   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 0.2% 0.5%
164   Least Bittern 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
165   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
166   Common Goldeneye 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
167   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.8% 0.1% 10.7%
168   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 0.1% 6.6%
169   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.7% 0.1% 4.6%
170   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 0.1% 4.0%
171   Worm-eating Warbler 4.0% 0.1% 3.9%
172   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 0.1% 3.3%
173   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 0.1% 1.9%
174   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.1% 1.6%
175   Bobolink 1.2% 0.1% 1.1%
176   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
177   Pied-billed Grebe 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
178   Purple Sandpiper 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
179   Sora 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
180   Philadelphia Vireo 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
181   Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
182   Cattle Egret 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
183   Nelson's Sparrow 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
184   Stilt Sandpiper 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
185   American Golden-Plover 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%