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

based on 1042 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Plumb Beach 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   Laughing Gull 30.6% 93.6% 63.0%
2   Semipalmated Plover 19.4% 93.3% 73.9%
3   Semipalmated Sandpiper 22.6% 90.0% 67.4%
4   Herring Gull 38.3% 89.5% 51.2%
5   Common Tern 14.9% 80.8% 65.9%
6   Barn Swallow 38.9% 80.5% 41.6%
7   American Oystercatcher 10.8% 80.1% 69.3%
8   Great Black-backed Gull 25.8% 79.0% 53.2%
9   Sanderling 3.6% 78.7% 75.1%
10   Rock Pigeon 34.4% 76.8% 42.3%
11   Ring-billed Gull 30.8% 75.0% 44.3%
12   Double-crested Cormorant 40.6% 75.0% 34.4%
13   European Starling 50.7% 67.8% 17.0%
14   Ruddy Turnstone 4.1% 65.5% 61.4%
15   Northern Mockingbird 35.4% 63.1% 27.7%
16   Red-winged Blackbird 27.7% 62.8% 35.1%
17   Least Tern 3.7% 61.9% 58.2%
18   Least Sandpiper 21.1% 60.2% 39.1%
19   Song Sparrow 34.4% 59.9% 25.4%
20   House Sparrow 49.8% 59.4% 9.6%
21   Black Skimmer 4.6% 56.6% 52.1%
22   Great Egret 34.0% 56.2% 22.2%
23   Mourning Dove 53.7% 53.5% 0.3%
24   Clapper Rail 3.1% 51.8% 48.7%
25   Greater Yellowlegs 15.1% 49.3% 34.3%
26   Snowy Egret 21.9% 49.0% 27.1%
27   Black-bellied Plover 6.4% 48.4% 41.9%
28   Short-billed Dowitcher 9.6% 44.3% 34.8%
29   Osprey 30.4% 43.1% 12.7%
30   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 8.4% 41.0% 32.6%
31   Spotted Sandpiper 16.5% 36.4% 19.8%
32   Canada Goose 40.9% 35.2% 5.7%
33   House Finch 14.6% 30.3% 15.8%
34   Forster's Tern 12.8% 28.5% 15.7%
35   Gray Catbird 55.4% 24.0% 31.4%
36   Tree Swallow 13.9% 23.3% 9.4%
37   American Robin 58.1% 21.9% 36.2%
38   Mallard 41.3% 20.9% 20.4%
39   Great Blue Heron 30.9% 20.1% 10.8%
40   Willet 3.3% 19.1% 15.8%
41   Northern Cardinal 48.4% 19.0% 29.4%
42   Royal Tern 1.9% 18.6% 16.8%
43   Eastern Towhee 6.8% 17.6% 10.8%
44   Yellow Warbler 20.3% 16.7% 3.6%
45   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.0% 16.7% 12.7%
46   Mute Swan 14.4% 14.7% 0.2%
47   Killdeer 14.2% 14.2% 0.0%
48   Lesser Yellowlegs 13.9% 13.3% 0.6%
49   Chimney Swift 24.1% 13.0% 11.1%
50   Bank Swallow 2.8% 13.0% 10.1%
51   Piping Plover 1.7% 12.8% 11.1%
52   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.6% 12.4% 2.2%
53   Carolina Wren 25.0% 11.4% 13.6%
54   Seaside Sparrow 0.8% 11.0% 10.2%
55   Cedar Waxwing 17.0% 10.9% 6.0%
56   American Crow 14.5% 10.7% 3.9%
57   Black Scoter 0.1% 9.9% 9.7%
58   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 9.5% 1.9%
59   Common Loon 0.3% 6.9% 6.6%
60   American Black Duck 10.1% 6.8% 3.3%
61   Green Heron 12.0% 6.5% 5.5%
62   Baltimore Oriole 15.3% 6.2% 9.1%
63   American Goldfinch 38.4% 5.9% 32.5%
64   Downy Woodpecker 25.7% 4.9% 20.8%
65   Common Yellowthroat 15.4% 4.5% 10.9%
66   Brown-headed Cowbird 6.0% 4.5% 1.5%
67   Baird's Sandpiper 0.7% 4.2% 3.6%
68   Caspian Tern 1.8% 4.1% 2.3%
69   White-rumped Sandpiper 4.0% 4.0% 0.0%
70   Eastern Kingbird 17.0% 3.7% 13.3%
71   Willow Flycatcher 4.7% 3.6% 1.1%
72   Red Knot 0.9% 3.6% 2.7%
73   Pectoral Sandpiper 3.1% 3.3% 0.2%
74   Western Sandpiper 1.8% 3.2% 1.4%
75   Common Grackle 28.8% 3.1% 25.7%
76   Saltmarsh Sparrow 2.1% 2.8% 0.7%
77   Gull-billed Tern 1.1% 2.8% 1.6%
78   Brown Thrasher 3.2% 2.6% 0.6%
79   Whimbrel 0.5% 2.6% 2.1%
80   Northern Flicker 26.5% 2.5% 24.0%
81   Field Sparrow 1.8% 2.4% 0.6%
82   Northern Waterthrush 15.7% 2.3% 13.4%
83   Little Blue Heron 4.3% 2.3% 2.0%
84   American Redstart 22.4% 2.2% 20.2%
85   Glossy Ibis 6.6% 2.2% 4.4%
86   Fish Crow 9.1% 2.0% 7.1%
87   Purple Martin 3.2% 1.9% 1.3%
88   Savannah Sparrow 0.7% 1.8% 1.1%
89   Marsh Wren 5.7% 1.6% 4.1%
90   American Kestrel 3.6% 1.6% 2.0%
91   Northern Harrier 0.8% 1.4% 0.6%
92   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.2% 1.4% 1.2%
93   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2.1% 1.3% 0.8%
94   Warbling Vireo 10.2% 1.2% 8.9%
95   Belted Kingfisher 8.5% 1.2% 7.3%
96   Marbled Godwit 0.7% 1.2% 0.5%
97   Brant 0.8% 1.2% 0.4%
98   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.9% 1.0% 6.0%
99   Cooper's Hawk 2.3% 1.0% 1.3%
100   Bobolink 2.3% 1.0% 1.3%
101   Turkey Vulture 5.5% 0.9% 4.6%
102   Solitary Sandpiper 3.7% 0.9% 2.9%
103   Black Tern 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
104   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
105   House Wren 11.6% 0.8% 10.8%
106   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.2% 0.8% 8.4%
107   White-winged Scoter 0.0% 0.7% 0.6%
108   Blue Jay 36.2% 0.5% 35.7%
109   Red-eyed Vireo 9.8% 0.5% 9.3%
110   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.3% 0.5% 8.8%
111   Stilt Sandpiper 3.8% 0.5% 3.3%
112   Merlin 0.5% 0.5% 0.1%
113   Dickcissel 0.2% 0.5% 0.2%
114   King Eider 0.0% 0.5% 0.4%
115   Green-winged Teal 1.8% 0.4% 1.4%
116   Eastern Phoebe 3.9% 0.3% 3.6%
117   Common Raven 2.8% 0.3% 2.6%
118   Blue-winged Teal 1.7% 0.3% 1.4%
119   Greater Scaup 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
120   Black-and-white Warbler 14.6% 0.2% 14.4%
121   Magnolia Warbler 3.0% 0.2% 2.8%
122   Hudsonian Godwit 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
123   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
124   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
125   Red-breasted Merganser 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
126   European Goldfinch 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
127   Long-tailed Duck 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
128   Red-tailed Hawk 11.7% 0.1% 11.6%
129   Black-capped Chickadee 11.5% 0.1% 11.4%
130   Ovenbird 4.3% 0.1% 4.2%
131   Indigo Bunting 3.5% 0.1% 3.4%
132   Wood Thrush 2.6% 0.1% 2.5%
133   Bald Eagle 2.5% 0.1% 2.4%
134   Least Flycatcher 2.1% 0.1% 2.0%
135   Northern Shoveler 1.4% 0.1% 1.3%
136   Common Nighthawk 1.3% 0.1% 1.2%
137   Swamp Sparrow 1.2% 0.1% 1.1%
138   Prairie Warbler 1.1% 0.1% 1.0%
139   Black-throated Green Warbler 1.1% 0.1% 1.0%
140   Orchard Oriole 1.0% 0.1% 0.9%
141   Broad-winged Hawk 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
142   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
143   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
144   American Golden-Plover 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
145   Brown Pelican 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
146   Budgerigar 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
147   Roseate Tern 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
148   Bufflehead 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
149   Great Cormorant 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
150   Nelson's Sparrow 0% 0.1% 0.1%