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

based on 82 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sands Point Preserve in December. 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 41.8% 79.3% 37.4%
2   White-throated Sparrow 48.6% 73.2% 24.6%
3   Great Black-backed Gull 29.3% 72.0% 42.6%
4   Northern Cardinal 40.0% 67.1% 27.1%
5   Red-breasted Merganser 14.8% 64.6% 49.8%
6   Long-tailed Duck 6.2% 64.6% 58.4%
7   Song Sparrow 37.0% 63.4% 26.4%
8   Carolina Wren 18.7% 63.4% 44.7%
9   Common Goldeneye 3.8% 57.3% 53.5%
10   Mourning Dove 36.1% 56.1% 20.0%
11   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.6% 56.1% 27.5%
12   Blue Jay 39.8% 52.4% 12.6%
13   Common Loon 9.0% 51.2% 42.2%
14   Ring-billed Gull 49.7% 50.0% 0.3%
15   Canada Goose 51.6% 48.8% 2.8%
16   American Robin 29.5% 47.6% 18.0%
17   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 41.5% 10.8%
18   European Starling 38.9% 36.6% 2.3%
19   Hairy Woodpecker 9.2% 34.1% 25.0%
20   American Black Duck 26.7% 32.9% 6.3%
21   American Goldfinch 20.4% 32.9% 12.5%
22   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.9% 32.9% 13.0%
23   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 31.7% 1.0%
24   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 31.7% 7.4%
25   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 30.5% 2.1%
26   House Sparrow 38.5% 29.3% 9.2%
27   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 28.0% 10.1%
28   Cedar Waxwing 3.6% 28.0% 24.4%
29   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 26.8% 2.3%
30   Brant 18.9% 25.6% 6.7%
31   Mallard 48.4% 24.4% 24.0%
32   Dark-eyed Junco 23.2% 22.0% 1.3%
33   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 22.0% 16.5%
34   Tufted Titmouse 21.3% 20.7% 0.6%
35   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 19.5% 11.2%
36   Bufflehead 28.2% 18.3% 9.9%
37   Winter Wren 4.9% 18.3% 13.4%
38   Red-throated Loon 6.9% 17.1% 10.2%
39   Horned Grebe 5.3% 15.9% 10.6%
40   Barrow's Goldeneye 0.1% 14.6% 14.6%
41   Bald Eagle 4.8% 13.4% 8.6%
42   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 13.4% 10.2%
43   American Crow 20.6% 12.2% 8.4%
44   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 12.2% 8.0%
45   Great Horned Owl 2.4% 12.2% 9.8%
46   Common Raven 4.5% 11.0% 6.5%
47   House Finch 16.4% 9.8% 6.7%
48   Belted Kingfisher 9.6% 8.5% 1.0%
49   Greater Scaup 6.8% 8.5% 1.8%
50   Gray Catbird 3.9% 8.5% 4.6%
51   White-winged Scoter 2.0% 8.5% 6.5%
52   Mute Swan 14.0% 7.3% 6.7%
53   Northern Gannet 3.1% 7.3% 4.2%
54   Northern Flicker 11.0% 4.9% 6.1%
55   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 4.9% 5.9%
56   Fox Sparrow 9.8% 4.9% 4.9%
57   Brown Creeper 4.1% 4.9% 0.7%
58   Wood Duck 3.8% 4.9% 1.1%
59   Great Cormorant 3.8% 4.9% 1.1%
60   Ruddy Turnstone 0.5% 4.9% 4.3%
61   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 3.7% 15.2%
62   Purple Sandpiper 1.7% 3.7% 2.0%
63   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 2.4% 6.7%
64   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 2.4% 3.4%
65   Common Merganser 4.9% 2.4% 2.4%
66   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 2.4% 1.9%
67   Black Scoter 2.6% 2.4% 0.2%
68   Purple Finch 1.3% 2.4% 1.1%
69   Pine Siskin 1.0% 2.4% 1.4%
70   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.5% 2.4% 1.9%
71   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 2.4% 1.9%
72   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 1.2% 6.4%
73   American Tree Sparrow 6.5% 1.2% 5.2%
74   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 1.2% 4.4%
75   Common Grackle 5.5% 1.2% 4.3%
76   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 1.2% 4.1%
77   Eastern Towhee 2.6% 1.2% 1.4%
78   Merlin 2.3% 1.2% 1.1%
79   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 1.2% 0.9%
80   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 1.2% 0.6%
81   Dunlin 1.6% 1.2% 0.4%
82   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 1.2% 0.2%
83   Eastern Bluebird 1.0% 1.2% 0.2%
84   Eastern Phoebe 0.5% 1.2% 0.7%
85   Razorbill 0.3% 1.2% 0.9%
86   Common Redpoll 0.3% 1.2% 1.0%
87   House Wren 0.1% 1.2% 1.1%
88   Blue-headed Vireo 0.1% 1.2% 1.1%
89   Black Guillemot 0.0% 1.2% 1.2%