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

based on 1147 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 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   Great Egret 33.0% 95.4% 62.4%
2   Snowy Egret 20.8% 90.0% 69.2%
3   Osprey 29.2% 89.3% 60.1%
4   Greater Yellowlegs 14.0% 88.9% 75.0%
5   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 7.1% 87.2% 80.1%
6   Semipalmated Sandpiper 22.5% 87.1% 64.6%
7   Herring Gull 38.3% 86.2% 47.9%
8   Laughing Gull 30.6% 86.2% 55.6%
9   European Starling 50.3% 84.5% 34.2%
10   Canada Goose 39.7% 83.5% 43.8%
11   Semipalmated Plover 19.5% 83.2% 63.7%
12   Double-crested Cormorant 40.3% 82.0% 41.7%
13   House Sparrow 49.2% 80.6% 31.4%
14   Northern Mockingbird 34.9% 80.2% 45.3%
15   Barn Swallow 38.8% 79.9% 41.1%
16   Song Sparrow 33.9% 79.9% 46.0%
17   Mourning Dove 53.2% 72.3% 19.0%
18   Forster's Tern 11.7% 70.5% 58.8%
19   Green Heron 10.4% 69.5% 59.1%
20   Northern Cardinal 47.2% 69.4% 22.2%
21   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0.4% 68.9% 68.5%
22   Gray Catbird 54.4% 65.6% 11.3%
23   Red-winged Blackbird 27.5% 64.7% 37.1%
24   Least Sandpiper 20.9% 64.2% 43.2%
25   American Robin 57.1% 62.5% 5.4%
26   Great Black-backed Gull 26.1% 62.1% 36.0%
27   American Goldfinch 37.0% 61.5% 24.4%
28   Yellow Warbler 19.1% 61.1% 42.0%
29   Peregrine Falcon 6.2% 60.2% 53.9%
30   Short-billed Dowitcher 9.1% 60.0% 50.9%
31   House Finch 13.8% 57.5% 43.7%
32   Lesser Yellowlegs 12.8% 55.4% 42.5%
33   Clapper Rail 2.9% 54.8% 51.9%
34   Tree Swallow 13.1% 54.4% 41.3%
35   American Oystercatcher 11.3% 53.8% 42.5%
36   Black-crowned Night-Heron 13.6% 52.1% 38.6%
37   Spotted Sandpiper 16.2% 49.0% 32.8%
38   Common Tern 15.6% 47.3% 31.7%
39   Ring-billed Gull 31.4% 46.1% 14.7%
40   Downy Woodpecker 24.7% 45.8% 21.1%
41   Rock Pigeon 35.2% 45.4% 10.3%
42   Black Skimmer 4.9% 39.4% 34.5%
43   Black-bellied Plover 6.6% 37.1% 30.5%
44   Great Blue Heron 30.5% 36.7% 6.2%
45   Willet 2.8% 36.3% 33.5%
46   Mallard 41.0% 35.7% 5.2%
47   Fish Crow 8.4% 33.2% 24.9%
48   Common Yellowthroat 14.7% 31.3% 16.6%
49   American Crow 14.0% 29.5% 15.4%
50   Northern Flicker 25.9% 27.6% 1.7%
51   Seaside Sparrow 0.4% 26.3% 25.9%
52   Belted Kingfisher 7.9% 25.0% 17.1%
53   Black-capped Chickadee 10.9% 24.7% 13.8%
54   Willow Flycatcher 4.2% 24.5% 20.3%
55   Glossy Ibis 6.1% 22.2% 16.1%
56   Mute Swan 14.3% 21.0% 6.7%
57   Eastern Kingbird 16.7% 19.6% 3.0%
58   Least Tern 4.8% 16.3% 11.5%
59   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.8% 14.9% 6.1%
60   Killdeer 14.2% 13.9% 0.3%
61   Cedar Waxwing 16.9% 13.3% 3.7%
62   Marsh Wren 5.4% 13.2% 7.7%
63   Little Blue Heron 4.0% 11.9% 7.8%
64   Carolina Wren 25.1% 10.9% 14.2%
65   Chimney Swift 24.2% 9.5% 14.7%
66   American Redstart 22.4% 7.1% 15.2%
67   Common Grackle 28.8% 6.9% 21.9%
68   Swamp Sparrow 1.0% 5.6% 4.6%
69   Purple Martin 3.1% 5.0% 1.8%
70   Ruddy Turnstone 5.5% 4.7% 0.8%
71   Gull-billed Tern 1.1% 4.1% 3.0%
72   Northern Waterthrush 15.7% 3.8% 11.9%
73   Tricolored Heron 0.6% 3.8% 3.2%
74   Royal Tern 2.2% 3.7% 1.5%
75   Pectoral Sandpiper 3.1% 3.5% 0.4%
76   Black-and-white Warbler 14.5% 3.3% 11.2%
77   Bank Swallow 3.1% 3.3% 0.3%
78   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.3% 3.2% 1.1%
79   Great Horned Owl 0.4% 2.9% 2.5%
80   Baltimore Oriole 15.5% 2.4% 13.0%
81   House Wren 11.6% 2.4% 9.2%
82   American Black Duck 10.3% 2.1% 8.2%
83   Least Flycatcher 2.0% 2.1% 0.1%
84   Bobolink 2.2% 1.8% 0.4%
85   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.4% 1.8% 1.5%
86   Cooper's Hawk 2.3% 1.7% 0.5%
87   Green-winged Teal 1.7% 1.7% 0.1%
88   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.3% 1.6% 7.7%
89   White-rumped Sandpiper 4.1% 1.6% 2.5%
90   Monk Parakeet 1.6% 1.6% 0.1%
91   Merlin 0.5% 1.6% 1.1%
92   Prairie Warbler 1.0% 1.5% 0.4%
93   Northern Harrier 0.8% 1.5% 0.6%
94   Western Sandpiper 1.8% 1.4% 0.4%
95   Sanderling 5.4% 1.3% 4.1%
96   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 1.2% 0.4%
97   Brant 0.8% 1.2% 0.4%
98   Brown-headed Cowbird 6.1% 1.0% 5.0%
99   American Avocet 1.2% 1.0% 0.1%
100   Eastern Towhee 7.2% 1.0% 6.2%
101   Brown Thrasher 3.2% 1.0% 2.2%
102   Blue-winged Teal 1.7% 0.9% 0.9%
103   Whimbrel 0.5% 0.9% 0.3%
104   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.9% 0.8% 6.2%
105   American Kestrel 3.7% 0.7% 3.0%
106   Blue Jay 36.2% 0.6% 35.6%
107   Red-tailed Hawk 11.7% 0.6% 11.1%
108   Red-eyed Vireo 9.8% 0.6% 9.2%
109   Chestnut-sided Warbler 5.2% 0.6% 4.5%
110   Stilt Sandpiper 3.8% 0.6% 3.2%
111   Dunlin 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
112   Eastern Phoebe 3.9% 0.5% 3.3%
113   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2.1% 0.5% 1.6%
114   Sora 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
115   Blue-winged Warbler 4.0% 0.4% 3.5%
116   Savannah Sparrow 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
117   Common Loon 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
118   Palm Warbler 0.1% 0.4% 0.4%
119   Warbling Vireo 10.2% 0.3% 9.9%
120   Pine Warbler 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
121   Canada Warbler 5.8% 0.3% 5.5%
122   Turkey Vulture 5.5% 0.3% 5.2%
123   Magnolia Warbler 3.0% 0.3% 2.7%
124   Piping Plover 2.0% 0.3% 1.7%
125   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
126   American Wigeon 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
127   Snow Goose 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
128   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.2% 0.2% 7.0%
129   Gadwall 4.0% 0.2% 3.8%
130   Solitary Sandpiper 3.8% 0.2% 3.6%
131   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.2% 0.2% 2.0%
132   Field Sparrow 1.8% 0.2% 1.6%
133   Scarlet Tanager 1.7% 0.2% 1.5%
134   Common Nighthawk 1.3% 0.2% 1.1%
135   Wilson's Snipe 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
136   Budgerigar 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
137   Hairy Woodpecker 6.2% 0.1% 6.1%
138   Indigo Bunting 3.5% 0.1% 3.4%
139   Common Raven 2.9% 0.1% 2.8%
140   Veery 2.7% 0.1% 2.6%
141   Bald Eagle 2.5% 0.1% 2.5%
142   Northern Parula 1.8% 0.1% 1.8%
143   Red Knot 1.0% 0.1% 0.9%
144   Least Bittern 1.0% 0.1% 0.9%
145   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.9% 0.1% 0.8%
146   Black Tern 0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
147   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
148   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.7% 0.1% 0.6%
149   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
150   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
151   Brown Pelican 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
152   Virginia Rail 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
153   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
154   Eastern Meadowlark 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
155   Swan Goose 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
156   Mitred Parakeet 0% 0.1% 0.1%
157   Zebra Finch 0% 0.1% 0.1%