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Top Birds at Plumb Beach in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 915 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Plumb Beach 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   American Oystercatcher 7.2% 92.2% 85.0%
2   Laughing Gull 16.3% 89.2% 72.9%
3   Herring Gull 22.9% 85.9% 63.0%
4   Willet 5.2% 82.4% 77.2%
5   Red-winged Blackbird 53.1% 79.7% 26.6%
6   Brant 10.2% 78.8% 68.6%
7   Great Black-backed Gull 12.8% 77.4% 64.6%
8   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.6% 75.3% 70.7%
9   Rock Pigeon 35.1% 73.8% 38.6%
10   Song Sparrow 35.2% 72.3% 37.1%
11   Northern Mockingbird 26.4% 71.8% 45.4%
12   Double-crested Cormorant 33.7% 71.7% 38.0%
13   European Starling 58.3% 70.7% 12.4%
14   Mallard 49.2% 66.8% 17.6%
15   Great Egret 25.1% 66.8% 41.7%
16   Barn Swallow 31.4% 66.6% 35.1%
17   Least Tern 3.4% 65.1% 61.7%
18   Common Tern 5.3% 62.5% 57.2%
19   Forster's Tern 7.5% 62.3% 54.8%
20   Ring-billed Gull 13.9% 62.2% 48.3%
21   Yellow Warbler 42.5% 58.4% 15.9%
22   Snowy Egret 9.5% 57.9% 48.4%
23   Black Skimmer 1.2% 57.6% 56.4%
24   House Sparrow 57.0% 54.3% 2.7%
25   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.5% 53.9% 49.4%
26   Clapper Rail 3.0% 49.1% 46.1%
27   Semipalmated Plover 4.2% 49.0% 44.8%
28   American Robin 73.5% 48.3% 25.2%
29   Sanderling 1.3% 46.2% 44.9%
30   Gray Catbird 66.1% 42.3% 23.8%
31   Least Sandpiper 6.8% 42.3% 35.5%
32   Mourning Dove 53.5% 38.0% 15.5%
33   Mute Swan 11.3% 36.4% 25.1%
34   Black-bellied Plover 3.2% 36.1% 32.9%
35   Common Yellowthroat 47.7% 31.9% 15.7%
36   Canada Goose 45.2% 30.6% 14.6%
37   Ruddy Turnstone 2.0% 30.4% 28.4%
38   Eastern Towhee 19.8% 29.5% 9.7%
39   Northern Cardinal 59.3% 27.7% 31.6%
40   Spotted Sandpiper 12.3% 25.6% 13.3%
41   Osprey 16.4% 24.9% 8.6%
42   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.6% 21.3% 9.7%
43   Greater Yellowlegs 5.8% 20.9% 15.1%
44   Dunlin 2.1% 19.8% 17.7%
45   Common Loon 2.3% 18.7% 16.4%
46   Tree Swallow 22.5% 18.5% 4.0%
47   American Black Duck 4.9% 17.8% 12.9%
48   Short-billed Dowitcher 1.7% 17.3% 15.6%
49   Little Blue Heron 1.1% 14.8% 13.6%
50   Common Grackle 55.2% 14.4% 40.8%
51   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.8% 13.2% 9.4%
52   Baltimore Oriole 44.9% 12.8% 32.1%
53   Fish Crow 10.8% 12.7% 1.8%
54   American Crow 17.7% 12.6% 5.1%
55   Glossy Ibis 4.2% 12.6% 8.4%
56   Killdeer 9.3% 11.8% 2.5%
57   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 11.7% 4.4%
58   Carolina Wren 19.9% 11.3% 8.6%
59   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 9.9% 4.6%
60   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.9% 9.4% 11.5%
61   Red Knot 0.6% 9.3% 8.7%
62   Chimney Swift 30.0% 9.1% 20.9%
63   Warbling Vireo 32.4% 8.1% 24.3%
64   Seaside Sparrow 0.7% 7.7% 6.9%
65   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 7.5% 2.0%
66   Red-breasted Merganser 1.6% 7.4% 5.8%
67   House Wren 26.9% 7.1% 19.8%
68   Nelson's Sparrow 0.0% 7.0% 7.0%
69   Cedar Waxwing 16.9% 6.2% 10.6%
70   Gadwall 7.0% 6.2% 0.7%
71   Franklin's Gull 0.0% 5.9% 5.9%
72   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 5.4% 0.1%
73   Piping Plover 1.4% 5.1% 3.7%
74   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.3% 4.9% 4.6%
75   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 4.7% 4.1%
76   Long-tailed Duck 0.2% 4.3% 4.1%
77   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0.7% 4.0% 3.3%
78   American Redstart 40.7% 3.6% 37.1%
79   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.7% 3.6% 0.9%
80   Red-throated Loon 1.1% 3.6% 2.6%
81   White-throated Sparrow 34.5% 3.3% 31.3%
82   American Goldfinch 28.9% 3.3% 25.6%
83   Bank Swallow 2.5% 3.3% 0.8%
84   Blue Jay 49.6% 2.8% 46.8%
85   Northern Parula 36.0% 2.7% 33.2%
86   Marsh Wren 4.6% 2.7% 1.9%
87   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 2.6% 0.1%
88   Yellow-rumped Warbler 34.0% 2.5% 31.5%
89   Eastern Kingbird 17.0% 2.3% 14.7%
90   Black Scoter 0.2% 2.3% 2.1%
91   Northern Flicker 29.3% 2.2% 27.1%
92   Blackpoll Warbler 22.0% 2.0% 20.1%
93   Field Sparrow 3.4% 1.9% 1.5%
94   Downy Woodpecker 28.3% 1.7% 26.6%
95   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 1.6% 8.2%
96   Scarlet Tanager 19.0% 1.5% 17.5%
97   Green Heron 9.1% 1.2% 7.9%
98   Magnolia Warbler 27.7% 1.1% 26.6%
99   House Finch 16.1% 1.1% 15.0%
100   American Kestrel 2.2% 1.1% 1.1%
101   Greater Scaup 0.4% 1.1% 0.7%
102   Surf Scoter 0.2% 1.1% 0.9%
103   Red-eyed Vireo 22.9% 1.0% 21.9%
104   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 1.0% 5.4%
105   Iceland Gull 0.0% 1.0% 0.9%
106   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.1% 0.9% 11.2%
107   Merlin 0.9% 0.9% 0.0%
108   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.2% 0.9% 0.7%
109   Bald Eagle 2.5% 0.8% 1.8%
110   Purple Martin 1.4% 0.7% 0.8%
111   Green-winged Teal 0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
112   Horned Grebe 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
113   Royal Tern 0.0% 0.7% 0.6%
114   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.2% 0.5% 17.7%
115   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.4% 0.5% 15.9%
116   Least Flycatcher 6.0% 0.5% 5.4%
117   Tricolored Heron 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
118   Marbled Godwit 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
119   Black-and-white Warbler 39.8% 0.4% 39.4%
120   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.2% 0.4% 27.8%
121   Northern Waterthrush 23.4% 0.4% 23.0%
122   Swainson's Thrush 17.9% 0.4% 17.5%
123   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.3% 0.4% 12.9%
124   Orchard Oriole 10.3% 0.4% 9.9%
125   Common Raven 2.5% 0.4% 2.1%
126   Bufflehead 1.2% 0.4% 0.7%
127   Northern Harrier 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
128   Least Bittern 0.5% 0.4% 0.0%
129   Gull-billed Tern 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
130   Whimbrel 0.1% 0.4% 0.4%
131   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.5% 0.3% 38.1%
132   Ovenbird 33.0% 0.3% 32.6%
133   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.6% 0.3% 14.3%
134   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.2% 0.3% 10.9%
135   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 0.3% 5.5%
136   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 0.3% 4.0%
137   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 0.3% 3.9%
138   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 0.3% 3.4%
139   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
140   Caspian Tern 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
141   Red-necked Grebe 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
142   Veery 20.2% 0.2% 20.0%
143   Red-tailed Hawk 19.9% 0.2% 19.7%
144   Chipping Sparrow 18.4% 0.2% 18.2%
145   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.6% 0.2% 16.4%
146   Swamp Sparrow 13.2% 0.2% 12.9%
147   Hermit Thrush 11.2% 0.2% 10.9%
148   Wood Duck 9.4% 0.2% 9.2%
149   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 0.2% 1.2%
150   European Goldfinch 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
151   Roseate Tern 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
152   White-winged Scoter 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
153   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
154   Great Cormorant 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
155   Black-headed Gull 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
156   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.3% 0.1% 20.2%
157   Blue-headed Vireo 14.4% 0.1% 14.3%
158   Canada Warbler 11.8% 0.1% 11.7%
159   Indigo Bunting 10.1% 0.1% 10.0%
160   Wilson's Warbler 8.9% 0.1% 8.8%
161   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 0.1% 7.9%
162   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 0.1% 6.6%
163   Monk Parakeet 2.1% 0.1% 2.0%
164   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 0.1% 1.9%
165   Blue Grosbeak 0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
166   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.1% 0.4%
167   Blue-winged Teal 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
168   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
169   Pine Siskin 0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
170   American Wigeon 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
171   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
172   Hooded Merganser 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
173   Red-necked Phalarope 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
174   King Eider 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
175   Ruff 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
176   Arctic Tern 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
177   American Pipit 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%