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

based on 246 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Hempstead Lake SP--south end 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   Mallard 50.1% 96.7% 46.6%
2   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.4% 75.6% 51.2%
3   Northern Cardinal 39.9% 74.4% 34.5%
4   Blue Jay 34.9% 74.0% 39.0%
5   Mute Swan 15.1% 71.1% 56.0%
6   Hooded Merganser 19.2% 69.5% 50.3%
7   Canada Goose 55.6% 67.9% 12.3%
8   Mourning Dove 31.9% 65.9% 34.0%
9   White-throated Sparrow 40.2% 65.0% 24.8%
10   American Robin 29.9% 61.8% 31.9%
11   Ring-necked Duck 5.4% 61.0% 55.6%
12   Song Sparrow 34.4% 60.2% 25.8%
13   Carolina Wren 15.3% 55.7% 40.4%
14   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.4% 54.5% 36.1%
15   Ring-billed Gull 51.5% 52.8% 1.4%
16   European Starling 38.4% 47.6% 9.2%
17   Ruddy Duck 15.3% 47.6% 32.2%
18   Herring Gull 42.3% 45.1% 2.8%
19   Black-capped Chickadee 23.3% 44.3% 21.0%
20   Tufted Titmouse 21.0% 41.1% 20.1%
21   American Black Duck 27.2% 39.0% 11.8%
22   Downy Woodpecker 27.7% 38.6% 11.0%
23   Redhead 2.0% 38.2% 36.2%
24   Common Merganser 8.6% 35.4% 26.7%
25   American Wigeon 7.3% 30.9% 23.6%
26   Great Horned Owl 1.8% 28.5% 26.7%
27   Northern Shoveler 16.4% 28.0% 11.6%
28   Great Black-backed Gull 30.4% 27.6% 2.7%
29   Hairy Woodpecker 7.5% 26.0% 18.5%
30   Green-winged Teal 4.8% 25.6% 20.8%
31   American Coot 10.6% 23.2% 12.6%
32   Brown Creeper 3.6% 22.0% 18.4%
33   Great Blue Heron 11.3% 21.1% 9.8%
34   Northern Mockingbird 23.9% 20.7% 3.2%
35   Belted Kingfisher 5.4% 20.7% 15.4%
36   Red-tailed Hawk 23.3% 20.3% 3.0%
37   Fox Sparrow 7.3% 19.9% 12.7%
38   Fish Crow 6.9% 17.1% 10.2%
39   House Sparrow 39.5% 16.7% 22.9%
40   Double-crested Cormorant 11.5% 16.7% 5.2%
41   Northern Flicker 6.3% 14.6% 8.3%
42   Gadwall 15.8% 14.2% 1.5%
43   Common Grackle 13.5% 13.4% 0.1%
44   Red-winged Blackbird 18.8% 12.6% 6.2%
45   Golden-crowned Kinglet 1.9% 12.6% 10.7%
46   Bald Eagle 5.8% 11.8% 6.0%
47   Rock Pigeon 28.4% 10.2% 18.3%
48   American Goldfinch 12.3% 9.3% 2.9%
49   American Crow 21.1% 8.9% 12.1%
50   Eastern Towhee 1.6% 8.5% 7.0%
51   Wood Duck 5.4% 8.1% 2.7%
52   Winter Wren 2.1% 8.1% 6.0%
53   Hermit Thrush 2.0% 7.7% 5.7%
54   Cooper's Hawk 7.5% 6.9% 0.6%
55   Red-breasted Merganser 20.2% 6.5% 13.7%
56   Rusty Blackbird 1.6% 6.1% 4.4%
57   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.2% 5.7% 3.5%
58   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4.2% 4.9% 0.7%
59   Pied-billed Grebe 3.8% 4.5% 0.6%
60   Bufflehead 32.4% 4.1% 28.3%
61   Dark-eyed Junco 16.5% 4.1% 12.4%
62   Common Raven 3.5% 3.7% 0.1%
63   Merlin 2.1% 3.7% 1.6%
64   Great Cormorant 4.9% 3.3% 1.7%
65   Gray Catbird 1.8% 2.8% 1.1%
66   Brown Thrasher 0.6% 2.8% 2.3%
67   Northern Pintail 3.7% 2.4% 1.3%
68   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.4% 2.0% 0.6%
69   Savannah Sparrow 1.3% 1.2% 0.1%
70   Brant 20.9% 0.8% 20.1%
71   House Finch 13.8% 0.8% 12.9%
72   Common Loon 9.2% 0.8% 8.3%
73   Common Goldeneye 7.3% 0.8% 6.5%
74   Lesser Scaup 4.8% 0.8% 4.0%
75   Brown-headed Cowbird 2.0% 0.8% 1.2%
76   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 0.8% 1.0%
77   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.8% 0.8% 1.0%
78   American Woodcock 1.1% 0.8% 0.3%
79   Greater Scaup 9.8% 0.4% 9.4%
80   Peregrine Falcon 5.0% 0.4% 4.6%
81   Killdeer 4.0% 0.4% 3.5%
82   Swamp Sparrow 3.4% 0.4% 3.0%
83   Snow Bunting 1.3% 0.4% 0.9%
84   Chipping Sparrow 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
85   Wilson's Snipe 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
86   Great Egret 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
87   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%