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Top Birds at Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 35 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches in December. 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   Herring Gull 41.9% 77.1% 35.3%
2   Great Black-backed Gull 29.4% 74.3% 44.9%
3   Ring-billed Gull 49.7% 51.4% 1.7%
4   Long-tailed Duck 6.3% 48.6% 42.3%
5   Northern Gannet 3.1% 48.6% 45.5%
6   Red-throated Loon 6.9% 45.7% 38.8%
7   Common Loon 9.0% 34.3% 25.2%
8   Surf Scoter 2.3% 34.3% 32.0%
9   Canada Goose 51.6% 28.6% 23.1%
10   White-winged Scoter 2.0% 28.6% 26.5%
11   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 25.7% 2.7%
12   Bufflehead 28.2% 25.7% 2.5%
13   Black Scoter 2.6% 25.7% 23.1%
14   Song Sparrow 37.1% 22.9% 14.2%
15   American Black Duck 26.7% 22.9% 3.8%
16   Bonaparte's Gull 1.7% 20.0% 18.3%
17   Red-breasted Merganser 14.9% 17.1% 2.2%
18   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.8% 17.1% 10.3%
19   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 14.3% 34.4%
20   Mourning Dove 36.2% 14.3% 21.9%
21   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 14.3% 5.9%
22   Brant 18.9% 14.3% 4.6%
23   Common Raven 4.5% 14.3% 9.8%
24   Sanderling 3.2% 14.3% 11.1%
25   House Finch 16.4% 11.4% 5.0%
26   Greater Scaup 6.8% 11.4% 4.7%
27   Snow Bunting 2.0% 11.4% 9.4%
28   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 8.6% 9.4%
29   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 8.6% 3.2%
30   Black-bellied Plover 1.1% 8.6% 7.4%
31   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 5.7% 34.4%
32   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 5.7% 9.9%
33   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 5.7% 0.2%
34   Horned Grebe 5.3% 5.7% 0.4%
35   Bald Eagle 4.8% 5.7% 0.9%
36   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 5.7% 1.4%
37   Gray Catbird 4.0% 5.7% 1.8%
38   Horned Lark 2.7% 5.7% 3.0%
39   Black Vulture 1.3% 5.7% 4.4%
40   Snowy Owl 1.0% 5.7% 4.7%
41   Wood Stork 0.3% 5.7% 5.4%
42   Western Kingbird 0.0% 5.7% 5.7%
43   Mallard 48.4% 2.9% 45.5%
44   House Sparrow 38.5% 2.9% 35.6%
45   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 2.9% 27.9%
46   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 2.9% 21.5%
47   American Crow 20.6% 2.9% 17.8%
48   American Goldfinch 20.4% 2.9% 17.6%
49   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 2.9% 16.0%
50   Carolina Wren 18.8% 2.9% 15.9%
51   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 2.9% 5.5%
52   American Tree Sparrow 6.4% 2.9% 3.6%
53   Northern Harrier 5.0% 2.9% 2.1%
54   Great Cormorant 3.8% 2.9% 0.9%
55   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 2.9% 0.4%
56   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 2.9% 0.7%
57   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 2.9% 2.2%
58   Laughing Gull 0.6% 2.9% 2.3%
59   Iceland Gull 0.6% 2.9% 2.3%
60   Little Gull 0.0% 2.9% 2.8%