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

based on 213 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Nickerson Beach in September. 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 Oystercatcher 4.8% 82.2% 77.4%
2   Great Black-backed Gull 18.4% 81.7% 63.3%
3   Black Skimmer 1.4% 79.3% 78.0%
4   Herring Gull 30.7% 73.2% 42.5%
5   Laughing Gull 18.5% 67.6% 49.1%
6   Ring-billed Gull 25.1% 66.2% 41.1%
7   Sanderling 2.7% 63.8% 61.1%
8   Semipalmated Plover 6.9% 57.3% 50.4%
9   Common Tern 3.8% 48.8% 45.0%
10   Canada Goose 37.8% 48.4% 10.6%
11   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.8% 47.4% 39.6%
12   Mourning Dove 53.3% 38.0% 15.3%
13   Mallard 36.7% 35.7% 1.0%
14   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.5% 34.3% 33.7%
15   Killdeer 7.4% 33.3% 26.0%
16   Tree Swallow 6.9% 31.9% 25.0%
17   European Starling 48.5% 31.5% 17.0%
18   Double-crested Cormorant 32.0% 31.0% 1.0%
19   Osprey 25.5% 29.1% 3.7%
20   Northern Mockingbird 31.6% 28.2% 3.5%
21   House Sparrow 46.0% 22.1% 23.9%
22   Rock Pigeon 36.8% 21.1% 15.7%
23   Least Sandpiper 7.2% 19.2% 12.1%
24   Marbled Godwit 0.2% 19.2% 19.0%
25   Song Sparrow 28.7% 16.4% 12.3%
26   Peregrine Falcon 7.4% 15.0% 7.6%
27   Lesser Yellowlegs 6.4% 15.0% 8.6%
28   Black-bellied Plover 4.4% 15.0% 10.6%
29   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 13.6% 12.3%
30   Piping Plover 0.7% 13.1% 12.4%
31   Greater Yellowlegs 8.8% 11.3% 2.4%
32   Red-winged Blackbird 12.1% 10.8% 1.3%
33   Common Yellowthroat 45.3% 10.3% 35.0%
34   Savannah Sparrow 6.3% 9.9% 3.5%
35   Red Knot 0.4% 9.9% 9.5%
36   Barn Swallow 4.7% 9.4% 4.7%
37   Royal Tern 2.9% 9.4% 6.5%
38   Palm Warbler 15.1% 8.5% 6.7%
39   House Finch 14.9% 8.0% 6.9%
40   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.9% 8.0% 6.0%
41   Western Sandpiper 0.8% 8.0% 7.1%
42   Gray Catbird 60.7% 7.0% 53.7%
43   American Robin 60.5% 7.0% 53.4%
44   Forster's Tern 4.1% 6.6% 2.5%
45   Dunlin 0.6% 6.6% 5.9%
46   Baird's Sandpiper 0.6% 6.6% 6.0%
47   Northern Cardinal 50.5% 6.1% 44.4%
48   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.5% 6.1% 5.6%
49   Great Egret 20.1% 5.2% 14.9%
50   Yellow Warbler 12.3% 5.2% 7.1%
51   White-rumped Sandpiper 1.3% 4.7% 3.4%
52   American Redstart 43.1% 4.2% 38.9%
53   Eastern Phoebe 18.0% 4.2% 13.7%
54   American Crow 17.1% 4.2% 12.8%
55   Northern Waterthrush 15.8% 3.8% 12.1%
56   Yellow-rumped Warbler 8.5% 3.8% 4.7%
57   Merlin 5.4% 3.8% 1.6%
58   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.0% 3.8% 0.3%
59   Boat-tailed Grackle 1.3% 3.8% 2.5%
60   Black Tern 0.4% 3.8% 3.3%
61   Common Raven 5.4% 3.3% 2.1%
62   Short-billed Dowitcher 3.0% 3.3% 0.3%
63   American Goldfinch 27.8% 2.8% 25.0%
64   Great Blue Heron 24.8% 2.8% 22.0%
65   American Black Duck 8.0% 2.8% 5.2%
66   Northern Harrier 3.6% 2.8% 0.8%
67   Common Nighthawk 2.8% 2.8% 0.0%
68   Northern Flicker 43.3% 2.3% 41.0%
69   American Kestrel 10.9% 2.3% 8.5%
70   Prairie Warbler 4.4% 2.3% 2.0%
71   Solitary Sandpiper 3.1% 2.3% 0.8%
72   Fish Crow 2.9% 2.3% 0.6%
73   Willet 1.0% 2.3% 1.4%
74   Northern Parula 27.1% 1.9% 25.2%
75   Brown Thrasher 8.7% 1.9% 6.8%
76   Eastern Towhee 7.8% 1.9% 5.9%
77   Spotted Sandpiper 5.0% 1.9% 3.1%
78   Caspian Tern 1.5% 1.9% 0.4%
79   Black-and-white Warbler 31.8% 1.4% 30.4%
80   Eastern Wood-Pewee 19.6% 1.4% 18.2%
81   House Wren 17.3% 1.4% 15.9%
82   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 16.6% 1.4% 15.2%
83   Snowy Egret 12.2% 1.4% 10.8%
84   Cooper's Hawk 7.4% 1.4% 6.0%
85   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4.0% 1.4% 2.6%
86   Green-winged Teal 3.7% 1.4% 2.3%
87   American Golden-Plover 0.8% 1.4% 0.6%
88   Whimbrel 0.5% 1.4% 0.9%
89   Red-eyed Vireo 25.2% 0.9% 24.2%
90   Magnolia Warbler 22.9% 0.9% 21.9%
91   Cedar Waxwing 16.5% 0.9% 15.5%
92   Swainson's Thrush 14.9% 0.9% 13.9%
93   Belted Kingfisher 12.1% 0.9% 11.2%
94   Wood Duck 10.0% 0.9% 9.1%
95   Black-crowned Night-Heron 8.0% 0.9% 7.0%
96   Pine Warbler 5.4% 0.9% 4.5%
97   Least Flycatcher 3.4% 0.9% 2.5%
98   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.1% 0.9% 0.2%
99   Glossy Ibis 1.0% 0.9% 0.0%
100   Yellow-headed Blackbird 0.2% 0.9% 0.8%
101   Bonaparte's Gull 0.2% 0.9% 0.8%
102   Least Tern 0.2% 0.9% 0.8%
103   Blue Jay 51.9% 0.5% 51.5%
104   Carolina Wren 27.0% 0.5% 26.5%
105   Common Grackle 24.1% 0.5% 23.6%
106   Chimney Swift 22.5% 0.5% 22.1%
107   Veery 11.6% 0.5% 11.1%
108   Warbling Vireo 8.2% 0.5% 7.8%
109   Baltimore Oriole 7.8% 0.5% 7.3%
110   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.6% 0.5% 7.1%
111   Green Heron 7.6% 0.5% 7.1%
112   Sharp-shinned Hawk 5.3% 0.5% 4.8%
113   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.2% 0.5% 4.7%
114   Swamp Sparrow 5.0% 0.5% 4.5%
115   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4.9% 0.5% 4.4%
116   Bay-breasted Warbler 4.4% 0.5% 3.9%
117   Eastern Kingbird 3.0% 0.5% 2.5%
118   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1.7% 0.5% 1.2%
119   Stilt Sandpiper 1.1% 0.5% 0.7%
120   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
121   Common Loon 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
122   Hudsonian Godwit 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
123   Bank Swallow 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
124   Red-necked Phalarope 0.1% 0.5% 0.3%
125   Surf Scoter 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
126   Parasitic Jaeger 0.0% 0.5% 0.4%
127   Northern Bobwhite 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
128   Roseate Tern 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%