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Top Birds at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in March
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 239 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in March. 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   European Starling 17.8% 83.7% 65.9%
2   Canada Goose 49.1% 82.8% 33.7%
3   Song Sparrow 49.6% 82.4% 32.8%
4   American Herring Gull 2.3% 81.2% 78.9%
5   House Sparrow 1.9% 81.2% 79.3%
6   Brant 0% 81.2% 81.2%
7   Great Black-backed Gull 0.1% 75.3% 75.2%
8   American Robin 52.4% 73.6% 21.3%
9   American Black Duck 0.2% 73.6% 73.4%
10   Killdeer 17.8% 73.2% 55.4%
11   Double-crested Cormorant 34.5% 71.5% 37.0%
12   Mallard 36.4% 71.1% 34.8%
13   Bufflehead 11.3% 70.7% 59.4%
14   Mourning Dove 40.0% 66.5% 26.5%
15   Ring-billed Gull 15.6% 65.3% 49.7%
16   Red-breasted Merganser 2.0% 64.4% 62.4%
17   Red-winged Blackbird 22.4% 61.9% 39.6%
18   Rock Pigeon 4.2% 61.9% 57.7%
19   Northern Cardinal 75.4% 60.7% 14.7%
20   Northern Mockingbird 28.2% 59.8% 31.7%
21   Common Grackle 16.5% 54.0% 37.4%
22   Red-tailed Hawk 14.2% 54.0% 39.8%
23   Fish Crow 37.2% 50.6% 13.4%
24   Gadwall 2.1% 50.6% 48.5%
25   Blue Jay 43.9% 48.1% 4.2%
26   White-throated Sparrow 56.2% 38.9% 17.3%
27   Dark-eyed Junco 28.3% 38.9% 10.6%
28   American Crow 58.5% 34.7% 23.8%
29   Northern Flicker 27.4% 31.4% 4.0%
30   Tufted Titmouse 67.4% 24.7% 42.8%
31   Tree Swallow 9.5% 24.7% 15.2%
32   Eastern Phoebe 42.3% 24.3% 18.0%
33   Red-throated Loon 0.0% 24.3% 24.3%
34   Great Cormorant 0% 23.8% 23.8%
35   Red-bellied Woodpecker 55.7% 20.9% 34.7%
36   House Finch 28.1% 20.5% 7.6%
37   Black-capped Chickadee 0% 18.8% 18.8%
38   American Kestrel 2.3% 17.6% 15.3%
39   Downy Woodpecker 49.0% 15.1% 33.9%
40   Yellow-rumped Warbler 46.3% 14.6% 31.6%
41   Brown-headed Cowbird 17.5% 14.6% 2.8%
42   Greater Scaup 0.9% 13.0% 12.1%
43   American Woodcock 1.1% 12.6% 11.4%
44   American Goldfinch 34.8% 10.9% 24.0%
45   White-breasted Nuthatch 25.9% 10.9% 15.0%
46   Cooper's Hawk 4.5% 10.0% 5.6%
47   Carolina Wren 67.7% 9.6% 58.1%
48   Horned Grebe 2.8% 9.6% 6.8%
49   Golden-crowned Kinglet 19.1% 8.8% 10.3%
50   Fox Sparrow 2.4% 8.4% 6.0%
51   Swamp Sparrow 18.0% 6.7% 11.3%
52   Turkey Vulture 44.6% 6.3% 38.3%
53   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 43.5% 6.3% 37.2%
54   Common Raven 0.5% 4.6% 4.1%
55   Bald Eagle 16.2% 3.8% 12.5%
56   Hermit Thrush 17.3% 3.3% 14.0%
57   Osprey 16.6% 3.3% 13.3%
58   Peregrine Falcon 0.1% 3.3% 3.3%
59   Great Blue Heron 43.2% 2.5% 40.7%
60   Eastern Towhee 41.8% 2.5% 39.3%
61   Brown Creeper 6.9% 2.5% 4.3%
62   Palm Warbler 2.6% 2.5% 0.1%
63   American Tree Sparrow 0% 2.5% 2.5%
64   Chipping Sparrow 35.0% 2.1% 32.9%
65   Hooded Merganser 8.9% 2.1% 6.8%
66   Eastern Meadowlark 4.4% 2.1% 2.3%
67   Lesser Scaup 4.0% 2.1% 1.9%
68   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 2.1% 1.1%
69   American Wigeon 0.9% 2.1% 1.2%
70   Long-tailed Duck 0.1% 2.1% 2.0%
71   Pine Warbler 52.4% 1.7% 50.7%
72   Field Sparrow 14.5% 1.7% 12.8%
73   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 13.9% 1.7% 12.2%
74   Wilson's Snipe 3.1% 1.7% 1.4%
75   Savannah Sparrow 3.0% 1.7% 1.3%
76   Great Egret 2.0% 1.7% 0.3%
77   Common Loon 1.6% 1.7% 0.1%
78   Merlin 0.2% 1.7% 1.4%
79   Laughing Gull 0% 1.7% 1.7%
80   Wood Duck 14.5% 1.3% 13.3%
81   American Coot 3.5% 1.3% 2.3%
82   Winter Wren 8.8% 0.8% 7.9%
83   Rusty Blackbird 3.3% 0.8% 2.4%
84   White-crowned Sparrow 0.5% 0.8% 0.4%
85   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
86   Glaucous Gull 0% 0.8% 0.8%
87   European Goldfinch 0% 0.8% 0.8%
88   Belted Kingfisher 21.6% 0.4% 21.1%
89   Ruddy Duck 13.5% 0.4% 13.0%
90   Pied-billed Grebe 12.6% 0.4% 12.2%
91   Hairy Woodpecker 11.0% 0.4% 10.6%
92   Ring-necked Duck 4.6% 0.4% 4.1%
93   Green-winged Teal 3.0% 0.4% 2.5%
94   Northern Shoveler 2.0% 0.4% 1.5%
95   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.5% 0.4% 1.0%
96   Lesser Black-backed Gull 1.4% 0.4% 1.0%
97   Horned Lark 1.0% 0.4% 0.6%
98   Common Goldeneye 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
99   Iceland Gull 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
100   Surf Scoter 0% 0.4% 0.4%
101   Snowy Owl 0% 0.4% 0.4%
102   Snow Bunting 0% 0.4% 0.4%
103   American Oystercatcher 0% 0.4% 0.4%
104   Razorbill 0% 0.4% 0.4%
105   Northern Gannet 0% 0.4% 0.4%
106   Short-eared Owl 0% 0.4% 0.4%