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Top Birds at Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot in February
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 83 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot in February. 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   Bufflehead 32.1% 81.9% 49.8%
2   Ring-billed Gull 51.4% 80.7% 29.3%
3   Herring Gull 42.2% 74.7% 32.5%
4   Canada Goose 55.6% 69.9% 14.3%
5   Red-breasted Merganser 20.1% 55.4% 35.4%
6   Blue Jay 35.1% 53.0% 17.9%
7   Greater Scaup 9.7% 51.8% 42.1%
8   Surf Scoter 2.1% 49.4% 47.3%
9   Mallard 50.4% 44.6% 5.8%
10   Great Black-backed Gull 30.3% 43.4% 13.0%
11   American Black Duck 27.3% 43.4% 16.1%
12   Common Goldeneye 7.3% 42.2% 34.9%
13   European Starling 38.5% 38.6% 0.1%
14   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.6% 36.1% 11.5%
15   Brant 20.8% 32.5% 11.8%
16   Common Loon 9.1% 32.5% 23.5%
17   White-throated Sparrow 40.3% 25.3% 15.0%
18   House Sparrow 39.4% 24.1% 15.3%
19   Song Sparrow 34.6% 24.1% 10.5%
20   Black-capped Chickadee 23.4% 24.1% 0.7%
21   Red-winged Blackbird 18.8% 24.1% 5.3%
22   Gadwall 15.7% 24.1% 8.4%
23   Rock Pigeon 28.3% 22.9% 5.4%
24   Long-tailed Duck 7.8% 22.9% 15.1%
25   Red-throated Loon 7.6% 22.9% 15.3%
26   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 21.7% 18.4%
27   Mourning Dove 32.1% 21.7% 10.4%
28   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.5% 21.7% 3.1%
29   Horned Grebe 8.3% 21.7% 13.4%
30   Tufted Titmouse 21.1% 20.5% 0.6%
31   Red-tailed Hawk 23.3% 19.3% 4.0%
32   American Robin 30.1% 16.9% 13.2%
33   Downy Woodpecker 27.7% 16.9% 10.9%
34   Northern Mockingbird 23.9% 16.9% 7.0%
35   American Crow 21.0% 16.9% 4.2%
36   White-winged Scoter 1.5% 15.7% 14.2%
37   Hairy Woodpecker 7.6% 14.5% 6.8%
38   Dark-eyed Junco 16.4% 13.3% 3.1%
39   Lesser Scaup 4.8% 13.3% 8.5%
40   American Wigeon 7.4% 12.0% 4.6%
41   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 10.8% 8.6%
42   Carolina Wren 15.5% 10.8% 4.7%
43   Common Grackle 13.5% 10.8% 2.7%
44   Great Cormorant 4.9% 10.8% 5.9%
45   Mute Swan 15.4% 9.6% 5.8%
46   Double-crested Cormorant 11.5% 7.2% 4.3%
47   Great Blue Heron 11.4% 7.2% 4.2%
48   American Tree Sparrow 7.7% 7.2% 0.5%
49   Ruddy Duck 15.5% 6.0% 9.5%
50   Peregrine Falcon 5.0% 4.8% 0.2%
51   American Goldfinch 12.3% 3.6% 8.6%
52   Cooper's Hawk 7.5% 3.6% 3.9%
53   Bald Eagle 5.8% 3.6% 2.2%
54   Killdeer 3.9% 3.6% 0.3%
55   Pied-billed Grebe 3.8% 3.6% 0.2%
56   Brown Creeper 3.7% 3.6% 0.1%
57   Barred Owl 0.6% 3.6% 3.1%
58   Common Merganser 8.8% 2.4% 6.4%
59   Northern Flicker 6.3% 2.4% 3.9%
60   Canvasback 3.6% 2.4% 1.2%
61   Common Raven 3.5% 2.4% 1.1%
62   American Kestrel 3.4% 2.4% 1.0%
63   Black Scoter 2.4% 2.4% 0.0%
64   Merlin 2.1% 2.4% 0.3%
65   Hermit Thrush 2.0% 2.4% 0.4%
66   Brown-headed Cowbird 2.0% 2.4% 0.4%
67   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 2.4% 0.5%
68   Eastern Towhee 1.6% 2.4% 0.8%
69   Monk Parakeet 1.3% 2.4% 1.1%
70   Pileated Woodpecker 1.2% 2.4% 1.2%
71   Snowy Owl 1.1% 2.4% 1.3%
72   Razorbill 0.9% 2.4% 1.5%
73   Northern Shoveler 16.5% 1.2% 15.3%
74   Fox Sparrow 7.3% 1.2% 6.1%
75   Turkey Vulture 6.4% 1.2% 5.2%
76   Belted Kingfisher 5.4% 1.2% 4.2%
77   Yellow-rumped Warbler 5.0% 1.2% 3.8%
78   Sanderling 2.7% 1.2% 1.5%
79   Snow Goose 2.6% 1.2% 1.4%
80   Redhead 2.2% 1.2% 1.0%
81   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 1.2% 0.7%
82   Red-necked Grebe 1.1% 1.2% 0.1%
83   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.6% 1.2% 0.6%
84   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.3% 1.2% 0.9%