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Top Birds at Hempstead Lake SP--south end in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 224 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Hempstead Lake SP--south end 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   Blue Jay 56.1% 93.8% 37.6%
2   Mallard 38.4% 88.4% 50.0%
3   Red-bellied Woodpecker 34.8% 88.4% 53.6%
4   American Robin 57.5% 87.9% 30.5%
5   Northern Cardinal 44.4% 79.0% 34.7%
6   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.4% 66.5% 16.1%
7   Song Sparrow 55.2% 63.8% 8.7%
8   Mourning Dove 45.7% 63.8% 18.1%
9   Eastern Phoebe 36.3% 63.4% 27.1%
10   White-throated Sparrow 57.7% 62.9% 5.3%
11   Gray Catbird 38.4% 62.5% 24.1%
12   Carolina Wren 22.1% 62.1% 40.0%
13   Northern Flicker 38.5% 61.6% 23.1%
14   Canada Goose 40.8% 57.1% 16.4%
15   Downy Woodpecker 29.5% 55.4% 25.9%
16   Mute Swan 10.7% 54.9% 44.2%
17   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.1% 54.5% 34.4%
18   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.6% 51.3% 5.7%
19   Black-capped Chickadee 18.2% 42.9% 24.6%
20   Double-crested Cormorant 31.9% 42.4% 10.5%
21   Wood Duck 9.8% 39.3% 29.5%
22   Great Blue Heron 21.8% 38.8% 17.0%
23   Belted Kingfisher 12.9% 37.5% 24.6%
24   Palm Warbler 31.0% 36.2% 5.2%
25   American Black Duck 13.3% 35.7% 22.4%
26   Golden-crowned Kinglet 28.9% 34.4% 5.5%
27   Herring Gull 32.7% 31.7% 1.0%
28   European Starling 46.7% 29.5% 17.2%
29   Hermit Thrush 23.5% 28.6% 5.0%
30   Northern Parula 11.0% 28.1% 17.2%
31   Osprey 12.4% 26.8% 14.3%
32   Tufted Titmouse 19.0% 25.0% 6.0%
33   Ruddy Duck 8.1% 25.0% 16.9%
34   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.0% 24.1% 12.1%
35   Eastern Towhee 21.0% 23.2% 2.3%
36   Swamp Sparrow 32.8% 22.8% 10.1%
37   Common Grackle 21.1% 22.3% 1.2%
38   Common Yellowthroat 26.3% 21.9% 4.4%
39   Blue-headed Vireo 11.1% 21.4% 10.3%
40   Black-and-white Warbler 9.4% 21.4% 12.0%
41   Dark-eyed Junco 26.0% 21.0% 5.0%
42   Red-eyed Vireo 5.6% 19.2% 13.6%
43   American Goldfinch 23.8% 18.8% 5.1%
44   Blackpoll Warbler 10.2% 18.8% 8.6%
45   Pied-billed Grebe 3.9% 17.0% 13.1%
46   American Redstart 7.9% 15.6% 7.8%
47   Red-tailed Hawk 22.6% 15.2% 7.4%
48   Cooper's Hawk 14.5% 15.2% 0.6%
49   Brown Creeper 10.6% 15.2% 4.5%
50   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 15.2% 7.4%
51   American Wigeon 3.0% 14.7% 11.7%
52   Magnolia Warbler 7.6% 14.3% 6.7%
53   Northern Mockingbird 36.3% 13.8% 22.5%
54   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.7% 13.8% 8.9%
55   Pine Warbler 6.6% 13.4% 6.8%
56   House Sparrow 46.9% 12.9% 34.0%
57   Ring-billed Gull 30.5% 12.9% 17.5%
58   Chipping Sparrow 20.8% 12.9% 7.9%
59   Rock Pigeon 35.6% 12.1% 23.5%
60   Fish Crow 2.6% 12.1% 9.5%
61   Chimney Swift 8.5% 11.6% 3.1%
62   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.9% 10.7% 0.8%
63   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.6% 9.4% 3.8%
64   Great Egret 14.2% 8.9% 5.3%
65   Northern Waterthrush 2.4% 8.0% 5.6%
66   Green-winged Teal 6.0% 7.6% 1.6%
67   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.9% 7.1% 0.8%
68   Nashville Warbler 3.6% 7.1% 3.6%
69   Northern Pintail 1.6% 7.1% 5.5%
70   Spotted Sandpiper 0.8% 7.1% 6.3%
71   Solitary Sandpiper 0.7% 7.1% 6.4%
72   Savannah Sparrow 19.5% 6.7% 12.8%
73   Cedar Waxwing 10.1% 6.7% 3.4%
74   Ovenbird 5.4% 6.7% 1.3%
75   Brown Thrasher 5.4% 6.7% 1.3%
76   Swainson's Thrush 7.5% 6.2% 1.2%
77   Rusty Blackbird 1.4% 5.8% 4.4%
78   Purple Finch 7.0% 5.4% 1.6%
79   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.4% 5.4% 1.0%
80   Great Horned Owl 0.6% 5.4% 4.8%
81   American Crow 23.4% 4.9% 18.5%
82   Great Black-backed Gull 19.0% 4.9% 14.1%
83   Winter Wren 10.0% 4.9% 5.1%
84   Merlin 7.5% 4.9% 2.5%
85   Common Raven 5.8% 4.9% 0.9%
86   Ring-necked Duck 0.5% 4.9% 4.4%
87   Bald Eagle 5.4% 4.5% 0.9%
88   Scarlet Tanager 3.5% 4.5% 1.0%
89   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.7% 4.5% 3.7%
90   Red-winged Blackbird 15.8% 4.0% 11.8%
91   Laughing Gull 13.8% 4.0% 9.7%
92   Indigo Bunting 4.7% 4.0% 0.7%
93   Hooded Merganser 1.1% 4.0% 2.9%
94   Field Sparrow 11.5% 3.6% 8.0%
95   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.3% 3.6% 2.3%
96   House Wren 9.2% 3.1% 6.1%
97   Gadwall 8.0% 3.1% 4.9%
98   Green Heron 1.1% 3.1% 2.0%
99   Blue-winged Teal 1.0% 3.1% 2.2%
100   White-crowned Sparrow 11.2% 2.7% 8.6%
101   Northern Shoveler 8.8% 2.2% 6.5%
102   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.2% 2.2% 1.1%
103   Peregrine Falcon 7.9% 1.8% 6.1%
104   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.3% 1.8% 2.5%
105   Tennessee Warbler 2.5% 1.8% 0.7%
106   Baltimore Oriole 1.1% 1.8% 0.6%
107   House Finch 18.0% 1.3% 16.7%
108   American Coot 4.3% 1.3% 2.9%
109   Brant 9.6% 0.9% 8.7%
110   Greater Yellowlegs 7.3% 0.9% 6.4%
111   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.8% 0.9% 5.9%
112   Killdeer 6.2% 0.9% 5.3%
113   Northern Harrier 5.9% 0.9% 5.0%
114   Tree Swallow 5.7% 0.9% 4.8%
115   Pine Siskin 4.6% 0.9% 3.7%
116   Cape May Warbler 2.7% 0.9% 1.8%
117   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.5% 0.9% 1.7%
118   Common Loon 2.3% 0.9% 1.4%
119   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.9% 0.9% 1.0%
120   Wood Thrush 1.8% 0.9% 0.9%
121   Eastern Meadowlark 1.8% 0.9% 0.9%
122   Dickcissel 0.9% 0.9% 0.0%
123   Broad-winged Hawk 0.7% 0.9% 0.2%
124   Lesser Scaup 0.4% 0.9% 0.5%
125   Turkey Vulture 9.6% 0.4% 9.2%
126   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.8% 0.4% 5.4%
127   Forster's Tern 2.5% 0.4% 2.0%
128   Bufflehead 1.6% 0.4% 1.1%
129   Yellow Warbler 1.2% 0.4% 0.7%
130   Fox Sparrow 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
131   Red-breasted Merganser 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
132   Wilson's Warbler 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
133   Prairie Warbler 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
134   Veery 0.4% 0.4% 0.1%