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

based on 214 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Hempstead Lake SP--south end in August. 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   American Robin 57.1% 93.0% 35.9%
2   Gray Catbird 54.5% 91.6% 37.1%
3   Northern Cardinal 47.6% 86.4% 38.9%
4   Blue Jay 35.1% 83.2% 48.1%
5   Red-bellied Woodpecker 19.0% 79.0% 59.9%
6   Northern Waterthrush 15.2% 74.8% 59.6%
7   Mourning Dove 53.6% 73.4% 19.8%
8   Mallard 40.7% 72.9% 32.2%
9   Carolina Wren 24.5% 72.9% 48.4%
10   European Starling 51.0% 69.2% 18.1%
11   Northern Flicker 25.8% 65.9% 40.1%
12   Eastern Kingbird 16.5% 64.0% 47.5%
13   Red-eyed Vireo 9.4% 64.0% 54.7%
14   Common Grackle 28.1% 61.7% 33.6%
15   American Redstart 21.8% 59.8% 38.0%
16   House Sparrow 49.9% 57.0% 7.1%
17   Downy Woodpecker 25.1% 57.0% 31.9%
18   Black-capped Chickadee 11.0% 53.7% 42.7%
19   Song Sparrow 34.9% 53.3% 18.3%
20   White-breasted Nuthatch 9.6% 50.5% 40.9%
21   American Goldfinch 37.6% 48.1% 10.5%
22   Black-and-white Warbler 14.1% 45.8% 31.7%
23   Osprey 30.6% 43.0% 12.4%
24   Canada Goose 40.8% 42.1% 1.3%
25   Red-winged Blackbird 28.4% 41.6% 13.2%
26   Baltimore Oriole 15.0% 40.7% 25.6%
27   Chimney Swift 23.8% 40.2% 16.4%
28   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.0% 39.7% 30.8%
29   Tufted Titmouse 8.4% 36.0% 27.6%
30   Mute Swan 14.4% 35.5% 21.2%
31   Fish Crow 8.9% 34.6% 25.7%
32   Warbling Vireo 9.9% 33.2% 23.3%
33   Great Blue Heron 30.6% 31.8% 1.1%
34   Spotted Sandpiper 16.9% 31.8% 14.9%
35   Belted Kingfisher 8.3% 30.4% 22.1%
36   Great Crested Flycatcher 6.9% 30.4% 23.5%
37   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 29.0% 12.2%
38   Northern Mockingbird 36.1% 28.5% 7.6%
39   Yellow Warbler 20.2% 28.0% 7.9%
40   Laughing Gull 32.0% 26.6% 5.4%
41   Wood Duck 9.2% 25.7% 16.5%
42   Hairy Woodpecker 5.9% 23.8% 17.9%
43   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.7% 20.6% 13.8%
44   Forster's Tern 13.2% 18.2% 5.1%
45   Double-crested Cormorant 41.5% 17.8% 23.7%
46   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 15.4% 20.1%
47   Least Sandpiper 22.0% 15.0% 7.1%
48   Solitary Sandpiper 3.6% 14.5% 10.9%
49   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.9% 14.0% 5.1%
50   Barn Swallow 40.0% 13.6% 26.5%
51   Blue-winged Warbler 3.9% 13.6% 9.7%
52   Green Heron 11.9% 13.1% 1.2%
53   Herring Gull 39.6% 12.6% 27.0%
54   Wood Thrush 2.5% 11.7% 9.2%
55   Tree Swallow 14.1% 10.3% 3.9%
56   Canada Warbler 5.6% 10.3% 4.6%
57   Common Yellowthroat 15.2% 9.3% 5.8%
58   House Wren 11.4% 9.3% 2.0%
59   Eastern Phoebe 3.7% 9.3% 5.6%
60   Worm-eating Warbler 1.3% 9.3% 8.0%
61   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.6% 8.9% 5.7%
62   Chestnut-sided Warbler 5.0% 8.9% 3.9%
63   Great Egret 34.7% 7.9% 26.7%
64   Veery 2.6% 7.5% 4.9%
65   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 7.0% 5.4%
66   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.0% 7.0% 6.0%
67   American Crow 14.5% 6.1% 8.4%
68   Cooper's Hawk 2.3% 5.6% 3.4%
69   Northern Parula 1.8% 5.6% 3.8%
70   Brown-headed Cowbird 6.0% 5.1% 0.8%
71   Ring-billed Gull 31.9% 4.7% 27.3%
72   Ovenbird 4.2% 4.7% 0.4%
73   Red-tailed Hawk 11.5% 4.2% 7.3%
74   Magnolia Warbler 2.9% 4.2% 1.3%
75   Scarlet Tanager 1.7% 3.7% 2.1%
76   House Finch 15.0% 3.3% 11.7%
77   Greater Yellowlegs 15.9% 2.8% 13.1%
78   Black-throated Blue Warbler 2.1% 2.8% 0.7%
79   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.8% 2.8% 2.0%
80   Great Horned Owl 0.4% 2.8% 2.4%
81   Semipalmated Sandpiper 24.3% 2.3% 21.9%
82   Common Raven 2.8% 2.3% 0.4%
83   Great Black-backed Gull 27.1% 1.9% 25.3%
84   Lesser Yellowlegs 14.0% 1.9% 12.1%
85   Brown Thrasher 3.1% 1.9% 1.3%
86   Common Tern 16.5% 1.4% 15.1%
87   Indigo Bunting 3.4% 1.4% 2.0%
88   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.7% 1.4% 0.7%
89   American Black Duck 10.1% 0.9% 9.2%
90   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9.2% 0.9% 8.2%
91   Eastern Towhee 7.1% 0.9% 6.1%
92   Willow Flycatcher 4.7% 0.9% 3.8%
93   Gadwall 3.9% 0.9% 3.0%
94   Least Flycatcher 2.0% 0.9% 1.1%
95   Blue-winged Teal 1.7% 0.9% 0.8%
96   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.3% 0.9% 0.3%
97   Swamp Sparrow 1.1% 0.9% 0.2%
98   Prairie Warbler 1.1% 0.9% 0.1%
99   Blackburnian Warbler 1.0% 0.9% 0.1%
100   Pied-billed Grebe 1.0% 0.9% 0.0%
101   Nashville Warbler 0.4% 0.9% 0.6%
102   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 0.5% 7.2%
103   Chipping Sparrow 5.2% 0.5% 4.8%
104   White-eyed Vireo 2.2% 0.5% 1.7%
105   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.1% 0.5% 1.7%
106   Black Tern 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
107   Hooded Warbler 0.5% 0.5% 0.1%
108   Merlin 0.5% 0.5% 0.1%
109   Mourning Warbler 0.4% 0.5% 0.0%
110   Pine Warbler 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
111   Swainson's Thrush 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
112   Rusty Blackbird 0% 0.5% 0.5%