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

based on 220 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Hempstead Lake SP--south end in December. 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   Mallard 48.1% 95.0% 46.9%
2   Blue Jay 39.7% 83.2% 43.5%
3   American Robin 29.3% 80.5% 51.1%
4   White-throated Sparrow 48.5% 79.1% 30.6%
5   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.4% 78.6% 50.2%
6   Mute Swan 13.7% 78.6% 65.0%
7   Northern Cardinal 39.9% 78.2% 38.3%
8   Canada Goose 51.5% 75.0% 23.5%
9   Mourning Dove 36.0% 72.7% 36.8%
10   Ruddy Duck 15.3% 69.1% 53.8%
11   Hooded Merganser 18.6% 68.6% 50.0%
12   Song Sparrow 36.9% 66.4% 29.4%
13   American Black Duck 26.5% 64.5% 38.0%
14   Carolina Wren 18.6% 56.8% 38.2%
15   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.8% 56.4% 36.6%
16   Downy Woodpecker 30.6% 55.5% 24.9%
17   Ring-billed Gull 49.7% 52.7% 3.1%
18   Black-capped Chickadee 24.2% 47.7% 23.5%
19   European Starling 38.8% 47.3% 8.4%
20   Herring Gull 41.9% 46.8% 4.9%
21   American Wigeon 6.0% 40.5% 34.4%
22   Great Blue Heron 20.1% 39.1% 19.0%
23   American Coot 10.3% 36.8% 26.6%
24   Fox Sparrow 9.6% 34.1% 24.4%
25   Red-tailed Hawk 24.5% 32.3% 7.7%
26   Ring-necked Duck 3.8% 32.3% 28.4%
27   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 31.8% 3.5%
28   Tufted Titmouse 21.3% 30.9% 9.6%
29   American Goldfinch 20.4% 30.9% 10.5%
30   Belted Kingfisher 9.5% 30.9% 21.4%
31   Northern Shoveler 14.7% 30.0% 15.3%
32   Great Black-backed Gull 29.4% 29.5% 0.1%
33   Great Horned Owl 2.3% 25.9% 23.6%
34   Pied-billed Grebe 5.3% 25.5% 20.2%
35   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 24.5% 6.7%
36   Hairy Woodpecker 9.2% 24.5% 15.4%
37   Fish Crow 5.1% 24.5% 19.5%
38   Gadwall 15.2% 22.3% 7.1%
39   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 19.1% 14.8%
40   Winter Wren 4.9% 18.6% 13.7%
41   Brown Creeper 4.1% 16.8% 12.7%
42   House Sparrow 38.6% 16.4% 22.2%
43   Dark-eyed Junco 23.3% 15.5% 7.8%
44   Rusty Blackbird 1.8% 15.0% 13.2%
45   Northern Flicker 10.9% 14.5% 3.6%
46   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 14.5% 6.3%
47   Wood Duck 3.7% 13.2% 9.4%
48   American Crow 20.7% 12.7% 7.9%
49   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 12.3% 1.5%
50   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 11.8% 6.3%
51   Gray Catbird 3.9% 11.8% 7.9%
52   Rock Pigeon 30.8% 10.5% 20.4%
53   Green-winged Teal 5.1% 8.2% 3.0%
54   Bald Eagle 4.8% 7.3% 2.5%
55   Merlin 2.3% 7.3% 5.0%
56   Redhead 1.2% 6.8% 5.6%
57   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 6.4% 0.7%
58   Northern Pintail 3.3% 6.4% 3.1%
59   Eastern Towhee 2.6% 6.4% 3.8%
60   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 5.9% 2.7%
61   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 5.0% 4.5%
62   Common Merganser 4.9% 4.5% 0.3%
63   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 4.1% 5.1%
64   Common Grackle 5.5% 4.1% 1.4%
65   Eastern Phoebe 0.5% 4.1% 3.6%
66   Common Raven 4.5% 3.6% 0.9%
67   Bufflehead 28.3% 3.2% 25.1%
68   Great Egret 1.6% 3.2% 1.6%
69   Blue-winged Teal 0.1% 3.2% 3.1%
70   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 2.7% 1.2%
71   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 2.7% 1.3%
72   Eurasian Wigeon 0.4% 2.7% 2.4%
73   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 2.3% 3.6%
74   House Finch 16.5% 1.8% 14.7%
75   Red-breasted Merganser 15.0% 1.4% 13.6%
76   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 1.4% 6.3%
77   Cedar Waxwing 3.7% 1.4% 2.3%
78   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 1.4% 0.4%
79   Pine Siskin 1.0% 1.4% 0.3%
80   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 0.9% 2.7%
81   Canvasback 2.2% 0.9% 1.3%
82   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 0.9% 1.2%
83   Brant 19.0% 0.5% 18.5%
84   Common Loon 9.1% 0.5% 8.6%
85   Greater Scaup 6.8% 0.5% 6.3%
86   American Tree Sparrow 6.5% 0.5% 6.0%
87   Common Goldeneye 3.9% 0.5% 3.4%
88   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 0.5% 2.2%
89   Greater Yellowlegs 1.6% 0.5% 1.2%
90   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.5% 0.8%
91   Tree Swallow 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
92   American Woodcock 0.6% 0.5% 0.2%
93   Osprey 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%