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Top Birds at Nickerson Beach in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 121 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Nickerson Beach 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   Herring Gull 32.6% 57.0% 24.4%
2   Great Black-backed Gull 18.9% 56.2% 37.3%
3   European Starling 46.6% 54.5% 8.0%
4   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.4% 48.8% 1.7%
5   Canada Goose 40.8% 47.1% 6.3%
6   Mourning Dove 45.8% 41.3% 4.4%
7   Ring-billed Gull 30.4% 39.7% 9.3%
8   Song Sparrow 55.2% 38.0% 17.2%
9   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.7% 38.0% 32.3%
10   Sanderling 1.6% 37.2% 35.6%
11   Tree Swallow 5.6% 36.4% 30.7%
12   House Sparrow 46.8% 35.5% 11.3%
13   American Oystercatcher 2.0% 31.4% 29.4%
14   Savannah Sparrow 19.4% 30.6% 11.2%
15   Mallard 38.6% 29.8% 8.9%
16   Northern Mockingbird 36.3% 29.8% 6.5%
17   Killdeer 6.1% 29.8% 23.7%
18   Double-crested Cormorant 32.0% 28.9% 3.0%
19   Laughing Gull 13.7% 28.9% 15.2%
20   Yellow-headed Blackbird 0.0% 28.1% 28.1%
21   Dunlin 2.5% 22.3% 19.8%
22   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 20.7% 14.9%
23   Brant 9.5% 20.7% 11.1%
24   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 20.7% 20.0%
25   Merlin 7.4% 19.8% 12.4%
26   Eastern Phoebe 36.5% 18.2% 18.3%
27   White-throated Sparrow 57.8% 15.7% 42.1%
28   Black Skimmer 0.5% 15.7% 15.2%
29   Black-bellied Plover 4.0% 14.9% 10.8%
30   Semipalmated Plover 1.3% 13.2% 11.9%
31   American Robin 57.6% 12.4% 45.2%
32   Peregrine Falcon 7.8% 12.4% 4.6%
33   Forster's Tern 2.4% 12.4% 10.0%
34   Palm Warbler 31.0% 11.6% 19.4%
35   Greater Yellowlegs 7.2% 9.9% 2.7%
36   Northern Flicker 38.6% 9.1% 29.5%
37   American Kestrel 12.9% 9.1% 3.8%
38   Osprey 12.5% 9.1% 3.4%
39   Gray Catbird 38.5% 8.3% 30.3%
40   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1.2% 8.3% 7.1%
41   Red Knot 0.3% 8.3% 7.9%
42   Dark-eyed Junco 26.0% 7.4% 18.6%
43   House Finch 18.0% 7.4% 10.6%
44   Swamp Sparrow 32.8% 6.6% 26.2%
45   Golden-crowned Kinglet 28.9% 5.8% 23.1%
46   American Crow 23.4% 5.8% 17.6%
47   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.7% 5.0% 40.7%
48   Pine Warbler 6.6% 5.0% 1.6%
49   American Pipit 2.4% 5.0% 2.5%
50   Northern Cardinal 44.6% 4.1% 40.4%
51   Carolina Wren 22.3% 4.1% 18.1%
52   Eastern Towhee 21.0% 4.1% 16.9%
53   Cooper's Hawk 14.6% 4.1% 10.4%
54   Northern Harrier 5.9% 4.1% 1.7%
55   Common Loon 2.3% 4.1% 1.9%
56   Hermit Thrush 23.6% 3.3% 20.3%
57   Red-winged Blackbird 15.8% 3.3% 12.5%
58   American Black Duck 13.4% 3.3% 10.1%
59   Common Raven 5.8% 3.3% 2.5%
60   Black Scoter 0.8% 3.3% 2.5%
61   Blue Jay 56.3% 2.5% 53.8%
62   Common Yellowthroat 26.3% 2.5% 23.9%
63   Chipping Sparrow 20.8% 2.5% 18.3%
64   Field Sparrow 11.5% 2.5% 9.0%
65   White-crowned Sparrow 11.2% 2.5% 8.8%
66   Cedar Waxwing 10.1% 2.5% 7.6%
67   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.9% 2.5% 7.5%
68   Pine Siskin 4.5% 2.5% 2.1%
69   Royal Tern 3.4% 2.5% 0.9%
70   Fish Crow 2.6% 2.5% 0.1%
71   Snow Goose 0.6% 2.5% 1.9%
72   Common Tern 0.5% 2.5% 2.0%
73   Horned Lark 0.1% 2.5% 2.3%
74   American Goldfinch 23.9% 1.7% 22.2%
75   Great Blue Heron 21.9% 1.7% 20.2%
76   Great Egret 14.2% 1.7% 12.6%
77   Blackpoll Warbler 10.2% 1.7% 8.6%
78   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.5% 1.7% 0.9%
79   American Golden-Plover 0.6% 1.7% 1.0%
80   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.6% 1.7% 1.1%
81   Ruddy Turnstone 0.4% 1.7% 1.2%
82   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.4% 1.7% 1.2%
83   Marbled Godwit 0.0% 1.7% 1.6%
84   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.3% 0.8% 3.4%
85   Cape May Warbler 2.7% 0.8% 1.9%
86   Eastern Meadowlark 1.8% 0.8% 1.0%
87   Rusty Blackbird 1.4% 0.8% 0.6%
88   Great Cormorant 1.2% 0.8% 0.3%
89   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.0% 0.8% 0.2%
90   Surf Scoter 0.8% 0.8% 0.1%
91   Northern Gannet 0.7% 0.8% 0.2%
92   Lark Sparrow 0.6% 0.8% 0.3%
93   White-winged Scoter 0.5% 0.8% 0.3%
94   Caspian Tern 0.4% 0.8% 0.4%
95   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 0.8% 0.4%
96   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
97   Seaside Sparrow 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
98   Cackling Goose 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
99   Parasitic Jaeger 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
100   Piping Plover 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%