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Top Birds at Sands Point Preserve in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 93 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sands Point Preserve in January. 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   White-throated Sparrow 42.1% 67.7% 25.6%
2   Common Goldeneye 6.9% 65.6% 58.7%
3   Long-tailed Duck 9.1% 64.5% 55.4%
4   Herring Gull 43.3% 59.1% 15.8%
5   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 58.1% 21.4%
6   Red-breasted Merganser 19.2% 55.9% 36.7%
7   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.7% 53.8% 29.1%
8   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 51.6% 0.4%
9   Common Loon 10.6% 49.5% 38.9%
10   Canada Goose 53.5% 44.1% 9.4%
11   Song Sparrow 32.2% 43.0% 10.8%
12   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 43.0% 11.4%
13   Carolina Wren 15.1% 41.9% 26.9%
14   Mourning Dove 29.3% 38.7% 9.4%
15   Blue Jay 33.9% 37.6% 3.8%
16   Brant 20.5% 37.6% 17.1%
17   European Starling 35.9% 35.5% 0.5%
18   Downy Woodpecker 27.1% 31.2% 4.0%
19   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.2% 30.1% 11.9%
20   American Robin 24.8% 28.0% 3.1%
21   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 26.9% 19.1%
22   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 25.8% 3.8%
23   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 25.8% 4.0%
24   Dark-eyed Junco 15.8% 25.8% 10.0%
25   American Black Duck 27.9% 24.7% 3.1%
26   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 24.7% 1.1%
27   Bufflehead 31.9% 23.7% 8.2%
28   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 21.5% 7.3%
29   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 21.5% 19.6%
30   House Sparrow 35.7% 20.4% 15.3%
31   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 18.3% 11.0%
32   Great Cormorant 4.8% 18.3% 13.5%
33   Horned Grebe 7.2% 17.2% 10.0%
34   Mallard 49.0% 15.1% 34.0%
35   Mute Swan 14.4% 14.0% 0.5%
36   American Goldfinch 13.2% 14.0% 0.8%
37   Belted Kingfisher 6.9% 12.9% 6.0%
38   Common Raven 3.9% 12.9% 9.0%
39   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 12.9% 11.2%
40   American Crow 18.2% 11.8% 6.4%
41   Gray Catbird 2.6% 11.8% 9.2%
42   Barrow's Goldeneye 0.2% 11.8% 11.6%
43   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.6% 10.8% 5.2%
44   Tufted Titmouse 19.6% 9.7% 9.9%
45   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 9.7% 4.2%
46   Greater Scaup 9.9% 9.7% 0.2%
47   Bald Eagle 5.2% 9.7% 4.5%
48   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 8.6% 1.7%
49   Hermit Thrush 2.7% 8.6% 5.9%
50   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 7.5% 5.6%
51   Brown Creeper 3.7% 5.4% 1.7%
52   Surf Scoter 2.8% 5.4% 2.6%
53   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 4.3% 10.4%
54   Black Scoter 2.9% 4.3% 1.4%
55   Northern Flicker 6.9% 3.2% 3.7%
56   American Wigeon 6.2% 3.2% 3.0%
57   Winter Wren 3.2% 3.2% 0.0%
58   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.6% 3.2% 0.7%
59   Northern Gannet 2.2% 3.2% 1.1%
60   Purple Sandpiper 1.9% 3.2% 1.3%
61   Ruddy Turnstone 0.6% 3.2% 2.6%
62   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 2.2% 17.4%
63   Gadwall 16.7% 2.2% 14.6%
64   House Finch 13.4% 2.2% 11.3%
65   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 2.2% 6.2%
66   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 2.2% 0.2%
67   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.6% 2.2% 1.6%
68   Brown Thrasher 0.4% 2.2% 1.7%
69   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 1.1% 15.5%
70   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 1.1% 6.1%
71   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 1.1% 5.5%
72   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 1.1% 4.1%
73   Fish Crow 5.0% 1.1% 3.9%
74   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 1.1% 3.8%
75   Turkey Vulture 4.8% 1.1% 3.7%
76   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 1.1% 3.6%
77   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.8% 1.1% 1.7%
78   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 1.1% 0.9%
79   Eastern Towhee 1.8% 1.1% 0.8%
80   Killdeer 1.7% 1.1% 0.6%
81   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 1.1% 0.2%
82   Eastern Bluebird 0.7% 1.1% 0.4%
83   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 1.1% 0.5%
84   Common Redpoll 0.5% 1.1% 0.5%
85   Purple Finch 0.4% 1.1% 0.6%
86   Eastern Phoebe 0.3% 1.1% 0.8%
87   Varied Thrush 0.2% 1.1% 0.8%
88   Bohemian Waxwing 0.0% 1.1% 1.0%