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Top Birds at Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 25 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area in October. 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   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.4% 52.0% 1.6%
2   Gray Catbird 38.5% 52.0% 13.5%
3   Northern Mockingbird 36.3% 48.0% 11.7%
4   Herring Gull 32.7% 48.0% 15.3%
5   Brant 9.6% 44.0% 34.4%
6   Song Sparrow 55.2% 40.0% 15.2%
7   White-throated Sparrow 57.7% 36.0% 21.7%
8   Double-crested Cormorant 31.9% 36.0% 4.1%
9   Golden-crowned Kinglet 28.9% 36.0% 7.1%
10   American Robin 57.6% 32.0% 25.6%
11   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.6% 32.0% 13.6%
12   American Crow 23.4% 32.0% 8.6%
13   Osprey 12.5% 32.0% 19.5%
14   Mourning Dove 45.8% 28.0% 17.8%
15   Northern Flicker 38.6% 28.0% 10.6%
16   Eastern Phoebe 36.4% 28.0% 8.4%
17   Ring-billed Gull 30.4% 28.0% 2.4%
18   Carolina Wren 22.2% 28.0% 5.8%
19   Great Black-backed Gull 18.9% 28.0% 9.1%
20   Laughing Gull 13.7% 24.0% 10.3%
21   Belted Kingfisher 13.0% 24.0% 11.0%
22   Cedar Waxwing 10.1% 24.0% 13.9%
23   European Starling 46.6% 20.0% 26.6%
24   Canada Goose 40.8% 20.0% 20.8%
25   Eastern Towhee 21.0% 20.0% 1.0%
26   House Finch 18.0% 20.0% 2.0%
27   Red-winged Blackbird 15.8% 20.0% 4.2%
28   Blue Jay 56.2% 16.0% 40.2%
29   Northern Cardinal 44.5% 16.0% 28.5%
30   Dark-eyed Junco 26.0% 16.0% 10.0%
31   Great Egret 14.2% 16.0% 1.8%
32   Brown Creeper 10.7% 16.0% 5.3%
33   Black-bellied Plover 4.0% 16.0% 12.0%
34   American Oystercatcher 2.0% 16.0% 14.0%
35   House Sparrow 46.8% 12.0% 34.8%
36   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.0% 12.0% 23.0%
37   Swamp Sparrow 32.8% 12.0% 20.8%
38   American Goldfinch 23.8% 12.0% 11.8%
39   Great Blue Heron 21.9% 12.0% 9.9%
40   Blue-headed Vireo 11.2% 12.0% 0.8%
41   Merlin 7.4% 12.0% 4.6%
42   Tree Swallow 5.7% 12.0% 6.3%
43   Common Loon 2.3% 12.0% 9.7%
44   Sanderling 1.7% 12.0% 10.3%
45   Mallard 38.6% 8.0% 30.6%
46   Downy Woodpecker 29.6% 8.0% 21.6%
47   Common Yellowthroat 26.3% 8.0% 18.3%
48   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.7% 8.0% 14.7%
49   Red-tailed Hawk 22.5% 8.0% 14.5%
50   Chipping Sparrow 20.8% 8.0% 12.8%
51   Savannah Sparrow 19.4% 8.0% 11.4%
52   Cooper's Hawk 14.6% 8.0% 6.6%
53   American Black Duck 13.4% 8.0% 5.4%
54   American Kestrel 12.9% 8.0% 4.9%
55   Turkey Vulture 9.6% 8.0% 1.6%
56   Snowy Egret 5.5% 8.0% 2.5%
57   Brown Thrasher 5.4% 8.0% 2.6%
58   Royal Tern 3.4% 8.0% 4.6%
59   Cape May Warbler 2.7% 8.0% 5.3%
60   Eastern Bluebird 1.9% 8.0% 6.1%
61   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 4.0% 31.5%
62   Palm Warbler 31.0% 4.0% 27.0%
63   Hermit Thrush 23.6% 4.0% 19.6%
64   Common Grackle 21.1% 4.0% 17.1%
65   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.0% 4.0% 8.0%
66   Field Sparrow 11.5% 4.0% 7.5%
67   Northern Parula 11.0% 4.0% 7.0%
68   Blackpoll Warbler 10.2% 4.0% 6.2%
69   Winter Wren 10.0% 4.0% 6.0%
70   House Wren 9.2% 4.0% 5.2%
71   Gadwall 8.0% 4.0% 4.0%
72   Peregrine Falcon 7.8% 4.0% 3.8%
73   Magnolia Warbler 7.6% 4.0% 3.6%
74   Greater Yellowlegs 7.2% 4.0% 3.2%
75   Killdeer 6.1% 4.0% 2.1%
76   Green-winged Teal 6.0% 4.0% 2.0%
77   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.8% 4.0% 1.8%
78   Common Raven 5.8% 4.0% 1.8%
79   Red-eyed Vireo 5.7% 4.0% 1.7%
80   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.6% 4.0% 1.6%
81   Pine Siskin 4.5% 4.0% 0.5%
82   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.4% 4.0% 0.4%
83   Dunlin 2.5% 4.0% 1.5%
84   Black Vulture 2.5% 4.0% 1.5%
85   Tennessee Warbler 2.5% 4.0% 1.5%
86   Nelson's Sparrow 2.1% 4.0% 1.9%
87   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.5% 4.0% 2.5%
88   Semipalmated Plover 1.4% 4.0% 2.6%
89   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1.2% 4.0% 2.8%
90   Great Cormorant 1.2% 4.0% 2.8%
91   Baltimore Oriole 1.1% 4.0% 2.9%
92   Green Heron 1.1% 4.0% 2.9%
93   Clapper Rail 1.0% 4.0% 3.0%
94   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.0% 4.0% 3.0%
95   Black Scoter 0.8% 4.0% 3.2%
96   Red-throated Loon 0.7% 4.0% 3.3%
97   Least Sandpiper 0.7% 4.0% 3.3%
98   Snow Goose 0.6% 4.0% 3.4%
99   Great Horned Owl 0.6% 4.0% 3.4%
100   Bobolink 0.6% 4.0% 3.4%
101   Common Tern 0.5% 4.0% 3.5%
102   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.4% 4.0% 3.6%
103   Seaside Sparrow 0.3% 4.0% 3.7%
104   Barn Swallow 0.2% 4.0% 3.8%