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Top Birds at Sandy Hook in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 2727 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook 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   Osprey 16.3% 76.0% 59.6%
2   Gray Catbird 28.1% 75.7% 47.5%
3   Common Yellowthroat 40.3% 72.9% 32.6%
4   Eastern Towhee 36.5% 72.5% 36.0%
5   American Robin 38.0% 72.3% 34.3%
6   Red-winged Blackbird 27.3% 71.7% 44.4%
7   Laughing Gull 0.2% 69.6% 69.4%
8   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 68.5% 60.7%
9   Northern Mockingbird 29.9% 68.0% 38.0%
10   American Redstart 22.1% 67.4% 45.3%
11   Mourning Dove 47.8% 66.9% 19.0%
12   House Wren 8.5% 66.8% 58.3%
13   Brant 0% 66.2% 66.2%
14   Double-crested Cormorant 16.8% 64.9% 48.1%
15   Common Grackle 33.9% 63.3% 29.4%
16   Northern Cardinal 79.5% 62.9% 16.6%
17   Great Egret 2.5% 62.4% 59.9%
18   American Herring Gull 0.1% 62.3% 62.2%
19   Barn Swallow 30.1% 61.0% 31.0%
20   American Oystercatcher 0% 60.9% 60.9%
21   Canada Goose 41.2% 60.4% 19.3%
22   Song Sparrow 15.7% 59.9% 44.1%
23   Great Black-backed Gull 0% 55.7% 55.7%
24   European Starling 20.4% 54.3% 33.9%
25   Carolina Wren 70.8% 53.1% 17.8%
26   White-eyed Vireo 34.8% 51.7% 16.9%
27   Turkey Vulture 38.4% 51.7% 13.3%
28   Great Crested Flycatcher 49.0% 49.9% 0.9%
29   House Finch 29.3% 49.7% 20.4%
30   Tree Swallow 15.2% 48.7% 33.4%
31   American Goldfinch 45.0% 48.0% 3.0%
32   Mallard 28.2% 48.0% 19.8%
33   Blue Jay 41.8% 46.7% 4.9%
34   Chimney Swift 27.5% 46.1% 18.6%
35   Black-and-white Warbler 15.1% 44.3% 29.2%
36   Cedar Waxwing 14.0% 44.2% 30.1%
37   Northern Parula 35.3% 43.9% 8.5%
38   Field Sparrow 3.0% 43.4% 40.4%
39   Chipping Sparrow 38.3% 42.8% 4.5%
40   Snowy Egret 0.4% 40.8% 40.4%
41   Magnolia Warbler 3.3% 40.8% 37.5%
42   Least Tern 0.1% 39.2% 39.1%
43   Fish Crow 34.0% 39.1% 5.1%
44   Brown Thrasher 16.2% 38.9% 22.8%
45   Red-eyed Vireo 51.9% 38.6% 13.3%
46   Common Tern 0.2% 38.0% 37.8%
47   Willet 0.0% 37.8% 37.8%
48   White-throated Sparrow 7.9% 37.5% 29.6%
49   American Crow 56.2% 37.0% 19.2%
50   Boat-tailed Grackle 0% 36.7% 36.7%
51   Eastern Kingbird 27.0% 36.2% 9.2%
52   Baltimore Oriole 1.2% 35.6% 34.5%
53   Killdeer 19.5% 34.8% 15.3%
54   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 18.1% 34.5% 16.4%
55   Ring-billed Gull 1.3% 34.1% 32.8%
56   Yellow-rumped Warbler 9.9% 34.1% 24.2%
57   Blackpoll Warbler 7.6% 33.6% 26.0%
58   Ovenbird 17.6% 32.7% 15.1%
59   Forster's Tern 0.1% 32.5% 32.4%
60   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.5% 30.6% 30.1%
61   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.1% 30.3% 18.2%
62   Northern Waterthrush 6.7% 30.1% 23.4%
63   Brown-headed Cowbird 37.1% 30.1% 7.0%
64   Green Heron 9.8% 29.8% 20.0%
65   Swainson's Thrush 7.0% 29.2% 22.1%
66   Black Vulture 20.5% 29.1% 8.6%
67   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.1% 28.3% 26.2%
68   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 57.5% 28.1% 29.4%
69   Scarlet Tanager 11.6% 28.1% 16.5%
70   Red-breasted Merganser 0.2% 26.2% 26.0%
71   Piping Plover 0.0% 25.9% 25.9%
72   Veery 2.8% 25.6% 22.8%
73   Rock Pigeon 5.6% 25.3% 19.7%
74   Willow Flycatcher 0.2% 25.0% 24.8%
75   Red-bellied Woodpecker 54.3% 24.8% 29.5%
76   Black-bellied Plover 0.2% 24.8% 24.6%
77   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.2% 24.5% 23.3%
78   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 11.6% 24.1% 12.6%
79   Great Blue Heron 45.2% 23.8% 21.4%
80   Eastern Wood-Pewee 20.8% 23.2% 2.4%
81   House Sparrow 3.3% 22.3% 19.0%
82   Spotted Sandpiper 15.6% 22.2% 6.6%
83   Merlin 0.1% 22.1% 22.0%
84   Wilson's Warbler 0.5% 21.9% 21.3%
85   Greater Yellowlegs 1.0% 20.9% 19.9%
86   Ruddy Turnstone 0.1% 20.6% 20.5%
87   Wood Thrush 13.0% 20.2% 7.2%
88   Prairie Warbler 6.7% 19.9% 13.2%
89   Indigo Bunting 45.6% 19.7% 25.9%
90   Least Sandpiper 4.9% 19.7% 14.7%
91   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.3% 19.5% 18.2%
92   Blue-headed Vireo 1.2% 19.5% 18.4%
93   American Black Duck 0.0% 19.3% 19.2%
94   Canada Warbler 0.4% 19.1% 18.7%
95   Common Loon 0.3% 18.8% 18.5%
96   Black-capped Chickadee 0% 18.4% 18.4%
97   Red-tailed Hawk 12.1% 18.2% 6.0%
98   Northern Flicker 8.5% 17.9% 9.5%
99   Mute Swan 0.3% 17.9% 17.6%
100   Clapper Rail 0% 17.4% 17.4%
101   Common Raven 0.2% 17.2% 17.0%
102   Swamp Sparrow 2.0% 16.5% 14.6%
103   Least Flycatcher 0.0% 15.8% 15.8%
104   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.0% 15.8% 15.7%
105   Savannah Sparrow 1.1% 15.6% 14.5%
106   Sanderling 0.0% 15.5% 15.5%
107   Semipalmated Plover 2.0% 15.4% 13.4%
108   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.3% 15.3% 15.0%
109   Semipalmated Sandpiper 2.4% 15.1% 12.7%
110   Marsh Wren 0.0% 15.1% 15.1%
111   Cooper's Hawk 2.7% 14.6% 11.9%
112   Bank Swallow 1.2% 14.3% 13.1%
113   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 13.8% 13.5%
114   Broad-winged Hawk 0.8% 13.8% 12.9%
115   Glossy Ibis 0.1% 13.4% 13.3%
116   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0.1% 12.8% 12.7%
117   Downy Woodpecker 40.3% 12.5% 27.8%
118   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.4% 12.5% 12.1%
119   Warbling Vireo 1.4% 12.0% 10.6%
120   Belted Kingfisher 12.1% 11.8% 0.2%
121   Orchard Oriole 15.5% 11.6% 3.9%
122   Dunlin 0.5% 11.5% 11.0%
123   Common Nighthawk 0.2% 11.4% 11.2%
124   White-crowned Sparrow 0.1% 11.4% 11.2%
125   Bald Eagle 10.5% 11.3% 0.8%
126   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 30.0% 11.0% 19.0%
127   Bonaparte's Gull 0.1% 10.6% 10.5%
128   Cape May Warbler 0.8% 9.9% 9.1%
129   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 9.8% 9.6%
130   Eastern Phoebe 34.2% 9.8% 24.4%
131   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.0% 9.6% 9.6%
132   Nashville Warbler 0.0% 9.2% 9.1%
133   Purple Martin 10.5% 8.9% 1.5%
134   Bobolink 2.8% 8.9% 6.1%
135   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 8.8% 8.7%
136   Solitary Sandpiper 7.7% 8.8% 1.1%
137   Hermit Thrush 0.3% 8.6% 8.2%
138   Tufted Titmouse 65.2% 8.5% 56.7%
139   Black Skimmer 0% 8.5% 8.5%
140   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 8.4% 7.0%
141   Peregrine Falcon 0.0% 8.3% 8.3%
142   Yellow-throated Vireo 7.0% 8.1% 1.1%
143   Mourning Warbler 0.0% 7.9% 7.9%
144   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.5% 7.4% 6.9%
145   Palm Warbler 0.7% 7.4% 6.7%
146   Least Bittern 0.3% 7.3% 7.0%
147   Gadwall 0.0% 6.9% 6.8%
148   Northern Harrier 0.3% 6.7% 6.4%
149   Northern Gannet 0% 6.6% 6.6%
150   Red Knot 0% 6.4% 6.4%
151   American Kestrel 0.6% 6.4% 5.8%
152   Wood Duck 12.5% 6.1% 6.5%
153   Black Scoter 0% 5.9% 5.9%
154   Alder Flycatcher 0.1% 5.8% 5.7%
155   Chuck-will's-widow 0.4% 5.6% 5.3%
156   Eastern Bluebird 49.6% 5.5% 44.2%
157   Blue-winged Warbler 0.2% 5.5% 5.2%
158   Seaside Sparrow 0% 5.3% 5.3%
159   American Woodcock 0.1% 5.3% 5.2%
160   Surf Scoter 0% 5.2% 5.2%
161   Hooded Warbler 10.5% 5.0% 5.5%
162   Red-throated Loon 0% 5.0% 5.0%
163   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.0% 4.9% 4.9%
164   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.0% 4.7% 4.6%
165   Tennessee Warbler 0.1% 4.6% 4.5%
166   Summer Tanager 37.8% 4.6% 33.2%
167   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.9% 4.0% 28.0%
168   Blue Grosbeak 23.8% 3.7% 20.1%
169   Yellow-breasted Chat 11.1% 3.6% 7.5%
170   Worm-eating Warbler 1.0% 3.6% 2.6%
171   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.2% 3.5% 3.3%
172   Cliff Swallow 5.0% 3.0% 2.0%
173   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.4% 2.9% 2.5%
174   Purple Finch 0.0% 2.9% 2.9%
175   Long-tailed Duck 0% 2.8% 2.8%
176   Pine Siskin 0.6% 2.7% 2.1%
177   Bufflehead 0% 2.6% 2.6%
178   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.1% 2.5% 20.6%
179   Caspian Tern 0.7% 2.3% 1.7%
180   King Eider 0% 2.3% 2.3%
181   Royal Tern 0% 2.2% 2.2%
182   Mississippi Kite 2.2% 2.1% 0.2%
183   Blue-winged Teal 0.3% 2.1% 1.7%
184   White-winged Scoter 0% 2.0% 2.0%
185   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 1.9% 1.8%
186   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0% 1.8% 1.8%
187   Glaucous Gull 0% 1.6% 1.6%
188   Barred Owl 7.3% 1.5% 5.8%
189   Black Tern 0.1% 1.5% 1.4%
190   Acadian Flycatcher 25.7% 1.5% 24.2%
191   American Coot 0.1% 1.5% 1.3%
192   American Bittern 0.1% 1.4% 1.3%
193   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 1.4% 0.1%
194   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.7% 1.4% 0.7%
195   American Pipit 0.1% 1.4% 1.3%
196   Iceland Gull 0% 1.4% 1.4%
197   Sora 0.1% 1.3% 1.3%
198   Whimbrel 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%
199   Roseate Tern 0% 1.3% 1.3%
200   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 1.2% 7.6%
201   Pine Warbler 41.6% 1.2% 40.4%
202   Horned Grebe 0.1% 1.2% 1.1%
203   Greater Scaup 0.0% 1.2% 1.2%
204   Tricolored Heron 0.1% 1.1% 1.0%
205   Wilson's Snipe 0.0% 1.1% 1.1%
206   Golden-crowned Sparrow 0% 1.1% 1.1%
207   Little Gull 0% 1.1% 1.1%
208   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.4% 1.0% 9.3%
209   Dark-eyed Junco 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
210   Great Cormorant 0% 0.9% 0.9%
211   Bicknell's Thrush 0% 0.9% 0.9%
212   Common Gallinule 0.0% 0.9% 0.8%
213   Great Horned Owl 0.5% 0.8% 0.4%
214   Hooded Merganser 1.7% 0.8% 0.9%
215   Green-winged Teal 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%
216   American Avocet 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%
217   Wilson's Plover 0% 0.8% 0.8%
218   Prothonotary Warbler 15.9% 0.8% 15.1%
219   American Golden-Plover 0% 0.8% 0.8%
220   Dickcissel 0.5% 0.7% 0.2%
221   Virginia Rail 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
222   Philadelphia Vireo 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
223   Kentucky Warbler 2.9% 0.6% 2.3%
224   Ruddy Duck 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
225   Rusty Blackbird 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
226   Sabine's Gull 0% 0.6% 0.6%
227   Gull-billed Tern 0% 0.6% 0.6%
228   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 0.5% 0.5%
229   Swallow-tailed Kite 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
230   Common Eider 0% 0.5% 0.5%
231   Carolina Chickadee 59.2% 0.5% 58.7%
232   Red-necked Grebe 0% 0.5% 0.5%
233   Eurasian Collared-Dove 0% 0.5% 0.5%
234   Eastern Meadowlark 8.2% 0.4% 7.8%
235   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0% 0.4% 0.4%
236   White-winged Dove 0% 0.4% 0.4%
237   Clay-colored Sparrow 0% 0.4% 0.4%
238   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.0% 0.4% 6.7%
239   Pied-billed Grebe 0.1% 0.4% 0.2%
240   Snow Goose 0% 0.4% 0.4%
241   Marbled Godwit 0% 0.4% 0.4%
242   Yellow-throated Warbler 16.2% 0.3% 15.9%
243   Purple Sandpiper 0% 0.3% 0.3%
244   Grasshopper Sparrow 2.7% 0.3% 2.4%
245   Painted Bunting 0.4% 0.3% 0.2%
246   Loggerhead Shrike 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
247   Black-necked Stilt 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
248   Wilson's Storm-Petrel 0% 0.3% 0.3%
249   Sooty Shearwater 0% 0.3% 0.3%
250   Brown Creeper 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
251   Wilson's Phalarope 0% 0.2% 0.2%
252   Cerulean Warbler 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
253   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
254   Lark Sparrow 0% 0.2% 0.2%
255   Arctic Tern 0% 0.2% 0.2%
256   Pileated Woodpecker 19.0% 0.1% 18.9%
257   Red-necked Phalarope 0.9% 0.1% 0.8%
258   Northern Bobwhite 0.5% 0.1% 0.3%
259   Common Merganser 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
260   Vesper Sparrow 0% 0.1% 0.1%
261   Western Grebe 0% 0.1% 0.1%
262   Brown Pelican 0% 0.1% 0.1%
263   Western Cattle-Egret 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
264   Black-headed Gull 0% 0.1% 0.1%
265   Southern Caracara 0% 0.1% 0.1%
266   Winter Wren 0% 0.1% 0.1%
267   Parasitic Jaeger 0% 0.1% 0.1%
268   Upland Sandpiper 0% 0.1% 0.1%
269   Wild Turkey 1.4% 0.1% 1.3%
270   Anhinga 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
271   Ring-necked Duck 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
272   American White Pelican 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
273   Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
274   Evening Grosbeak 0% 0.1% 0.1%
275   Franklin's Gull 0% 0.1% 0.1%
276   Nelson's Sparrow 0% 0.1% 0.1%
277   White Ibis 0% 0.1% 0.1%
278   Ross's Goose 0% 0.1% 0.1%
279   Horned Lark 1.0% 0.0% 1.0%
280   Swainson's Warbler 0.7% 0.0% 0.6%
281   Northern Shoveler 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
282   Sedge Wren 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
283   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
284   Pomarine Jaeger 0% 0.0% 0.0%
285   Western Meadowlark 0% 0.0% 0.0%
286   Magnificent Frigatebird 0% 0.0% 0.0%
287   Golden-winged Warbler 0% 0.0% 0.0%
288   Red Crossbill 0% 0.0% 0.0%
289   Sandhill Crane 0% 0.0% 0.0%