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

based on 1051 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area in September. 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 18.8% 94.4% 75.6%
2   Snowy Egret 10.8% 92.2% 81.4%
3   Greater Yellowlegs 7.5% 89.2% 81.6%
4   Herring Gull 30.0% 85.0% 55.0%
5   Laughing Gull 17.6% 82.3% 64.7%
6   European Starling 47.9% 81.0% 33.1%
7   Northern Mockingbird 30.8% 80.7% 49.9%
8   Double-crested Cormorant 31.2% 79.4% 48.2%
9   Canada Goose 37.2% 78.1% 41.0%
10   Song Sparrow 27.9% 74.2% 46.3%
11   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 2.8% 74.0% 71.2%
12   Osprey 24.7% 73.5% 48.9%
13   Mourning Dove 52.9% 72.8% 19.9%
14   House Sparrow 45.5% 70.0% 24.5%
15   Gray Catbird 60.4% 69.5% 9.0%
16   Northern Cardinal 50.1% 68.8% 18.7%
17   American Robin 60.2% 67.3% 7.1%
18   Peregrine Falcon 6.5% 65.3% 58.8%
19   Common Yellowthroat 44.9% 64.9% 20.0%
20   Great Blue Heron 24.2% 58.5% 34.4%
21   Great Black-backed Gull 18.0% 57.4% 39.4%
22   Green Heron 6.8% 55.1% 48.3%
23   House Finch 14.2% 54.2% 40.0%
24   Ring-billed Gull 24.7% 52.8% 28.1%
25   Palm Warbler 14.5% 51.3% 36.8%
26   Black-bellied Plover 3.7% 51.2% 47.5%
27   Lesser Yellowlegs 5.7% 50.7% 45.0%
28   Yellow Warbler 11.6% 50.4% 38.8%
29   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.2% 50.0% 42.7%
30   Belted Kingfisher 11.4% 49.6% 38.1%
31   Downy Woodpecker 31.5% 49.4% 17.8%
32   Rock Pigeon 36.6% 49.1% 12.5%
33   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0.3% 48.3% 48.0%
34   Mallard 36.5% 48.1% 11.7%
35   Clapper Rail 1.2% 46.4% 45.2%
36   American Goldfinch 27.5% 43.2% 15.7%
37   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.4% 43.0% 35.6%
38   Short-billed Dowitcher 2.3% 42.6% 40.3%
39   Forster's Tern 3.5% 39.7% 36.1%
40   Northern Flicker 43.3% 37.3% 6.0%
41   Least Sandpiper 6.7% 36.7% 30.0%
42   Tree Swallow 6.6% 34.3% 27.8%
43   Mute Swan 11.1% 33.7% 22.6%
44   Semipalmated Plover 6.6% 30.9% 24.3%
45   Spotted Sandpiper 4.5% 30.7% 26.2%
46   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 16.4% 29.0% 12.6%
47   American Crow 16.8% 27.1% 10.3%
48   Red-winged Blackbird 11.9% 26.2% 14.3%
49   Savannah Sparrow 6.1% 23.3% 17.3%
50   Fish Crow 2.6% 22.3% 19.7%
51   Black-capped Chickadee 12.6% 22.0% 9.4%
52   Eastern Phoebe 17.9% 21.6% 3.7%
53   Merlin 5.1% 21.4% 16.3%
54   Marsh Wren 3.2% 21.1% 17.9%
55   American Oystercatcher 4.8% 18.5% 13.6%
56   Blue Jay 52.3% 18.3% 34.1%
57   American Redstart 43.4% 16.8% 26.6%
58   Barn Swallow 4.6% 15.8% 11.2%
59   Little Blue Heron 1.9% 15.7% 13.8%
60   Yellow-rumped Warbler 8.4% 14.4% 6.0%
61   Northern Harrier 3.4% 13.3% 9.9%
62   Killdeer 7.4% 13.1% 5.8%
63   Swamp Sparrow 4.9% 10.7% 5.8%
64   Carolina Wren 27.1% 10.6% 16.6%
65   Boat-tailed Grackle 1.2% 10.4% 9.2%
66   American Black Duck 8.0% 10.3% 2.3%
67   Black Skimmer 1.5% 9.8% 8.3%
68   Eastern Kingbird 2.9% 8.5% 5.5%
69   Willet 0.9% 8.3% 7.4%
70   Eastern Towhee 7.8% 8.0% 0.2%
71   American Kestrel 10.9% 7.4% 3.5%
72   Brown Thrasher 8.7% 7.4% 1.3%
73   Glossy Ibis 0.8% 7.4% 6.6%
74   Seaside Sparrow 0.2% 6.9% 6.6%
75   Red-eyed Vireo 25.4% 6.7% 18.7%
76   Cooper's Hawk 7.4% 6.7% 0.7%
77   Common Tern 3.9% 6.7% 2.7%
78   Green-winged Teal 3.6% 5.3% 1.7%
79   Black-and-white Warbler 32.1% 5.2% 26.9%
80   House Wren 17.5% 4.9% 12.5%
81   Common Grackle 24.3% 4.6% 19.7%
82   Tricolored Heron 0.1% 4.6% 4.4%
83   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.9% 4.4% 2.4%
84   Sharp-shinned Hawk 5.3% 4.0% 1.3%
85   Royal Tern 2.9% 3.8% 0.9%
86   Magnolia Warbler 23.1% 3.6% 19.5%
87   Red-tailed Hawk 19.0% 3.2% 15.7%
88   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8.1% 3.2% 4.9%
89   Prairie Warbler 4.4% 3.2% 1.1%
90   Pine Warbler 5.4% 3.1% 2.3%
91   Wilson's Warbler 3.9% 2.9% 1.0%
92   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.4% 2.9% 2.5%
93   Bobolink 3.2% 2.9% 0.3%
94   Veery 11.7% 2.5% 9.3%
95   White-rumped Sandpiper 1.3% 2.5% 1.1%
96   Cedar Waxwing 16.7% 2.4% 14.3%
97   Northern Waterthrush 16.0% 2.4% 13.6%
98   Brant 0.5% 2.4% 1.9%
99   White-throated Sparrow 9.7% 2.3% 7.4%
100   Stilt Sandpiper 1.1% 2.0% 0.9%
101   Blue-winged Teal 2.1% 1.9% 0.2%
102   Monk Parakeet 2.2% 1.8% 0.4%
103   Ovenbird 12.8% 1.6% 11.2%
104   Least Flycatcher 3.4% 1.5% 1.9%
105   Dunlin 0.6% 1.5% 0.9%
106   Eastern Wood-Pewee 19.8% 1.4% 18.4%
107   Great Horned Owl 0.5% 1.4% 0.9%
108   Chimney Swift 22.8% 1.3% 21.5%
109   American Avocet 0.3% 1.2% 0.9%
110   Northern Parula 27.4% 1.1% 26.3%
111   Black-throated Blue Warbler 17.1% 1.1% 15.9%
112   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.7% 1.1% 6.6%
113   Bank Swallow 0.3% 1.1% 0.8%
114   Virginia Rail 0.3% 1.1% 0.8%
115   Bald Eagle 4.8% 1.0% 3.8%
116   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.3% 1.0% 4.3%
117   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4.9% 1.0% 4.0%
118   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 1.0% 0.4%
119   Nashville Warbler 4.7% 0.9% 3.9%
120   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3.9% 0.9% 3.0%
121   Sora 1.0% 0.9% 0.1%
122   Whimbrel 0.5% 0.9% 0.3%
123   American Golden-Plover 0.8% 0.8% 0.1%
124   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.1% 0.7% 3.4%
125   Marbled Godwit 0.3% 0.7% 0.4%
126   Fork-tailed Flycatcher 0% 0.7% 0.7%
127   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 11.7% 0.6% 11.1%
128   Baltimore Oriole 7.9% 0.6% 7.3%
129   Indigo Bunting 4.5% 0.6% 3.9%
130   Common Nighthawk 2.9% 0.6% 2.3%
131   Western Sandpiper 0.9% 0.6% 0.3%
132   Least Tern 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
133   Black-throated Green Warbler 12.4% 0.5% 12.0%
134   Blackpoll Warbler 10.5% 0.5% 10.1%
135   Tennessee Warbler 6.1% 0.5% 5.6%
136   Common Raven 5.5% 0.5% 5.0%
137   Canada Warbler 4.2% 0.5% 3.7%
138   White-eyed Vireo 3.6% 0.5% 3.1%
139   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2.7% 0.5% 2.2%
140   Red Knot 0.4% 0.5% 0.0%
141   Snow Goose 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
142   Chestnut-sided Warbler 10.4% 0.4% 10.0%
143   Gadwall 4.6% 0.4% 4.2%
144   Solitary Sandpiper 3.2% 0.4% 2.8%
145   Dark-eyed Junco 1.4% 0.4% 1.0%
146   American Bittern 0.2% 0.4% 0.1%
147   Red-bellied Woodpecker 30.1% 0.3% 29.8%
148   Swainson's Thrush 15.1% 0.3% 14.8%
149   White-breasted Nuthatch 13.7% 0.3% 13.4%
150   Sanderling 3.0% 0.3% 2.7%
151   Pied-billed Grebe 1.9% 0.3% 1.6%
152   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1.7% 0.3% 1.4%
153   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
154   Hudsonian Godwit 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
155   Bonaparte's Gull 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
156   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 0.2% 6.8%
157   Chipping Sparrow 6.7% 0.2% 6.5%
158   Field Sparrow 2.4% 0.2% 2.3%
159   Common Loon 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
160   Willow Flycatcher 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
161   White-crowned Sparrow 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
162   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
163   Budgerigar 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
164   Gull-billed Tern 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
165   Wood Duck 10.2% 0.1% 10.1%
166   Scarlet Tanager 9.9% 0.1% 9.8%
167   Turkey Vulture 8.5% 0.1% 8.4%
168   Warbling Vireo 8.3% 0.1% 8.2%
169   Lincoln's Sparrow 4.0% 0.1% 3.9%
170   Blue-headed Vireo 3.4% 0.1% 3.3%
171   Connecticut Warbler 2.0% 0.1% 1.9%
172   Winter Wren 1.8% 0.1% 1.7%
173   Caspian Tern 1.5% 0.1% 1.4%
174   Purple Finch 1.4% 0.1% 1.3%
175   American Wigeon 1.0% 0.1% 0.9%
176   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
177   Northern Pintail 0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
178   Piping Plover 0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
179   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 0.1% 0.6%
180   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
181   Hermit Thrush 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
182   Black Tern 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
183   Great Cormorant 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
184   Western Kingbird 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
185   Common Gallinule 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
186   Eastern Meadowlark 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
187   Cattle Egret 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
188   Cockatiel 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
189   Ruff 0% 0.1% 0.1%