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Top Birds at Point Lookout in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 23 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Point Lookout 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   Herring Gull 39.5% 60.9% 21.4%
2   Laughing Gull 32.0% 56.5% 24.5%
3   Great Black-backed Gull 27.0% 56.5% 29.5%
4   Sanderling 5.3% 52.2% 46.9%
5   Semipalmated Sandpiper 24.1% 43.5% 19.3%
6   Common Tern 16.4% 43.5% 27.1%
7   Black Skimmer 5.7% 43.5% 37.7%
8   Ring-billed Gull 31.8% 39.1% 7.3%
9   American Oystercatcher 12.4% 39.1% 26.7%
10   Semipalmated Plover 21.1% 34.8% 13.7%
11   Ruddy Turnstone 5.5% 30.4% 25.0%
12   Piping Plover 1.9% 26.1% 24.2%
13   House Sparrow 50.0% 21.7% 28.3%
14   Double-crested Cormorant 41.3% 21.7% 19.6%
15   Black-bellied Plover 7.4% 21.7% 14.3%
16   Barn Swallow 39.9% 17.4% 22.5%
17   Osprey 30.7% 17.4% 13.3%
18   Sandwich Tern 0.0% 17.4% 17.4%
19   Mourning Dove 53.7% 13.0% 40.7%
20   European Starling 51.1% 13.0% 38.1%
21   Least Sandpiper 22.0% 13.0% 9.0%
22   Royal Tern 2.2% 13.0% 10.8%
23   Sooty Tern 0.0% 13.0% 13.0%
24   Canada Goose 40.8% 8.7% 32.1%
25   American Goldfinch 37.7% 8.7% 29.0%
26   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 8.7% 26.7%
27   Tree Swallow 14.1% 8.7% 5.4%
28   Least Tern 5.1% 8.7% 3.6%
29   Willet 3.6% 8.7% 5.1%
30   Black Tern 0.8% 8.7% 7.9%
31   Bridled Tern 0.0% 8.7% 8.7%
32   Gray Catbird 54.7% 4.3% 50.3%
33   Northern Mockingbird 36.0% 4.3% 31.7%
34   Great Egret 34.5% 4.3% 30.2%
35   Common Grackle 28.2% 4.3% 23.9%
36   Snowy Egret 22.5% 4.3% 18.2%
37   Eastern Kingbird 16.7% 4.3% 12.4%
38   American Crow 14.4% 4.3% 10.1%
39   Forster's Tern 13.2% 4.3% 8.8%
40   Short-billed Dowitcher 10.4% 4.3% 6.0%
41   Solitary Sandpiper 3.7% 4.3% 0.7%
42   Field Sparrow 1.8% 4.3% 2.6%
43   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.3% 4.3% 3.1%
44   Common Nighthawk 1.3% 4.3% 3.1%
45   Gull-billed Tern 1.2% 4.3% 3.2%
46   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.5% 4.3% 3.9%
47   Wilson's Storm-Petrel 0.1% 4.3% 4.2%
48   White-tailed Tropicbird 0.0% 4.3% 4.3%