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

based on 18 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 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   Herring Gull 39.5% 88.9% 49.4%
2   Laughing Gull 32.0% 77.8% 45.8%
3   Great Black-backed Gull 27.0% 77.8% 50.8%
4   Ring-billed Gull 31.8% 61.1% 29.3%
5   Osprey 30.7% 61.1% 30.4%
6   Common Tern 16.4% 50.0% 33.6%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 41.3% 38.9% 2.5%
8   Tree Swallow 14.1% 38.9% 24.8%
9   Barn Swallow 39.9% 33.3% 6.5%
10   American Oystercatcher 12.4% 33.3% 20.9%
11   American Goldfinch 37.6% 27.8% 9.9%
12   Mourning Dove 53.7% 22.2% 31.5%
13   Red-winged Blackbird 28.5% 22.2% 6.3%
14   Sanderling 5.3% 22.2% 16.9%
15   Least Tern 5.1% 22.2% 17.2%
16   Northern Mockingbird 36.0% 16.7% 19.4%
17   Semipalmated Sandpiper 24.2% 16.7% 7.5%
18   Forster's Tern 13.2% 16.7% 3.5%
19   Turkey Vulture 5.3% 16.7% 11.3%
20   Royal Tern 2.2% 16.7% 14.4%
21   Gray Catbird 54.7% 11.1% 43.6%
22   Song Sparrow 35.0% 11.1% 23.9%
23   Great Egret 34.5% 11.1% 23.4%
24   Great Blue Heron 30.6% 11.1% 19.5%
25   Snowy Egret 22.5% 11.1% 11.4%
26   Least Sandpiper 22.0% 11.1% 10.9%
27   Semipalmated Plover 21.1% 11.1% 10.0%
28   Fish Crow 9.0% 11.1% 2.1%
29   Black-bellied Plover 7.4% 11.1% 3.7%
30   Eastern Towhee 7.0% 11.1% 4.1%
31   Black Skimmer 5.8% 11.1% 5.4%
32   Marsh Wren 5.6% 11.1% 5.5%
33   Willet 3.6% 11.1% 7.5%
34   Purple Martin 3.2% 11.1% 7.9%
35   Black Vulture 1.4% 11.1% 9.7%
36   American Robin 57.3% 5.6% 51.7%
37   Northern Cardinal 47.8% 5.6% 42.2%
38   Canada Goose 40.8% 5.6% 35.3%
39   Common Grackle 28.2% 5.6% 22.7%
40   Carolina Wren 24.7% 5.6% 19.2%
41   Chimney Swift 23.8% 5.6% 18.3%
42   Common Yellowthroat 15.2% 5.6% 9.6%
43   Baltimore Oriole 15.1% 5.6% 9.6%
44   Green Heron 11.9% 5.6% 6.3%
45   Red-tailed Hawk 11.4% 5.6% 5.9%
46   House Wren 11.4% 5.6% 5.8%
47   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.9% 5.6% 0.4%
48   Chipping Sparrow 5.2% 5.6% 0.3%
49   Willow Flycatcher 4.7% 5.6% 0.9%
50   American Kestrel 3.6% 5.6% 2.0%
51   Indigo Bunting 3.4% 5.6% 2.2%
52   Brown Thrasher 3.1% 5.6% 2.4%
53   Wood Thrush 2.5% 5.6% 3.0%
54   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2.1% 5.6% 3.5%
55   Caspian Tern 1.9% 5.6% 3.7%
56   Field Sparrow 1.8% 5.6% 3.8%
57   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 5.6% 4.0%
58   Swamp Sparrow 1.1% 5.6% 4.4%
59   Black Tern 0.8% 5.6% 4.8%
60   Whimbrel 0.5% 5.6% 5.0%
61   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.5% 5.6% 5.1%
62   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.5% 5.6% 5.1%
63   Brown Pelican 0.1% 5.6% 5.4%
64   Carolina Chickadee 0.0% 5.6% 5.5%