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

based on 78 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sands Point Preserve in February. 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 40.3% 61.5% 21.3%
2   Common Goldeneye 7.2% 60.3% 53.0%
3   Long-tailed Duck 7.8% 53.8% 46.1%
4   Northern Cardinal 40.0% 52.6% 12.5%
5   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.6% 52.6% 27.9%
6   Herring Gull 42.3% 50.0% 7.7%
7   Canada Goose 55.7% 48.7% 6.9%
8   Common Loon 9.1% 42.3% 33.2%
9   Ring-billed Gull 51.5% 38.5% 13.0%
10   Mourning Dove 32.0% 37.2% 5.1%
11   Red-breasted Merganser 20.1% 37.2% 17.1%
12   European Starling 38.5% 34.6% 3.8%
13   Blue Jay 35.2% 34.6% 0.5%
14   Great Black-backed Gull 30.3% 32.1% 1.7%
15   Carolina Wren 15.5% 32.1% 16.6%
16   Hairy Woodpecker 7.6% 29.5% 21.9%
17   Song Sparrow 34.5% 26.9% 7.6%
18   Rock Pigeon 28.3% 26.9% 1.4%
19   Downy Woodpecker 27.7% 25.6% 2.1%
20   American Black Duck 27.3% 24.4% 2.9%
21   Brant 20.8% 21.8% 1.0%
22   House Sparrow 39.4% 20.5% 18.9%
23   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.5% 20.5% 2.0%
24   American Robin 30.1% 17.9% 12.1%
25   Red-throated Loon 7.6% 17.9% 10.3%
26   Bufflehead 32.2% 16.7% 15.6%
27   Red-tailed Hawk 23.3% 16.7% 6.6%
28   Dark-eyed Junco 16.4% 16.7% 0.3%
29   Northern Mockingbird 23.9% 15.4% 8.5%
30   Greater Scaup 9.8% 14.1% 4.3%
31   Great Cormorant 4.9% 14.1% 9.2%
32   Barrow's Goldeneye 0.3% 14.1% 13.8%
33   Horned Grebe 8.3% 12.8% 4.5%
34   Black-capped Chickadee 23.4% 11.5% 11.9%
35   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 11.5% 9.6%
36   Mallard 50.4% 10.3% 40.2%
37   American Crow 21.0% 10.3% 10.8%
38   Mute Swan 15.4% 9.0% 6.5%
39   Fox Sparrow 7.3% 6.4% 0.9%
40   Great Blue Heron 11.4% 5.1% 6.3%
41   Cooper's Hawk 7.5% 5.1% 2.4%
42   Brown Creeper 3.7% 5.1% 1.5%
43   Common Raven 3.5% 5.1% 1.6%
44   Surf Scoter 2.2% 5.1% 2.9%
45   Winter Wren 2.2% 5.1% 3.0%
46   White-winged Scoter 1.5% 5.1% 3.6%
47   Tufted Titmouse 21.1% 3.8% 17.3%
48   Northern Flicker 6.3% 3.8% 2.5%
49   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4.2% 3.8% 0.3%
50   Black Scoter 2.4% 3.8% 1.5%
51   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.2% 3.8% 1.7%
52   Hermit Thrush 2.0% 3.8% 1.8%
53   Eastern Towhee 1.6% 3.8% 2.3%
54   Northern Gannet 1.2% 3.8% 2.6%
55   American Goldfinch 12.3% 2.6% 9.7%
56   Double-crested Cormorant 11.5% 2.6% 9.0%
57   American Wigeon 7.5% 2.6% 4.9%
58   Belted Kingfisher 5.4% 2.6% 2.9%
59   Cedar Waxwing 2.2% 2.6% 0.3%
60   Red-winged Blackbird 18.8% 1.3% 17.5%
61   House Finch 13.7% 1.3% 12.4%
62   Common Grackle 13.5% 1.3% 12.2%
63   Common Merganser 8.8% 1.3% 7.5%
64   American Tree Sparrow 7.7% 1.3% 6.4%
65   Turkey Vulture 6.4% 1.3% 5.1%
66   Bald Eagle 5.8% 1.3% 4.6%
67   Lesser Scaup 4.8% 1.3% 3.5%
68   Killdeer 3.9% 1.3% 2.7%
69   Sanderling 2.7% 1.3% 1.4%
70   Horned Lark 2.3% 1.3% 1.0%
71   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.4% 1.3% 0.1%
72   Red-necked Grebe 1.1% 1.3% 0.2%
73   Purple Sandpiper 1.0% 1.3% 0.3%
74   Bonaparte's Gull 0.7% 1.3% 0.5%
75   Brown Thrasher 0.6% 1.3% 0.7%