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

based on 218 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sands Point Preserve in May. 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   Yellow Warbler 42.5% 90.4% 47.8%
2   American Robin 73.3% 81.7% 8.4%
3   Gray Catbird 65.9% 79.8% 13.9%
4   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.1% 72.0% 33.9%
5   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 69.7% 10.7%
6   Blue Jay 49.2% 69.3% 20.0%
7   American Redstart 40.3% 69.3% 28.9%
8   Baltimore Oriole 44.6% 68.8% 24.2%
9   Wood Thrush 23.0% 66.5% 43.5%
10   House Wren 26.7% 65.6% 38.9%
11   Carolina Wren 19.7% 65.1% 45.4%
12   European Starling 58.4% 63.8% 5.3%
13   Osprey 16.4% 54.6% 38.2%
14   House Sparrow 57.0% 54.1% 2.8%
15   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 54.1% 0.8%
16   Song Sparrow 35.5% 53.7% 18.2%
17   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 53.7% 19.7%
18   Red-eyed Vireo 22.7% 53.7% 31.0%
19   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 52.3% 12.8%
20   Northern Parula 35.7% 52.3% 16.6%
21   Bank Swallow 2.4% 49.5% 47.1%
22   Mourning Dove 53.4% 48.2% 5.3%
23   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 48.2% 12.7%
24   Northern Flicker 29.1% 47.7% 18.7%
25   Eastern Towhee 19.8% 47.7% 27.9%
26   Eastern Phoebe 4.8% 47.7% 42.9%
27   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 46.8% 0.7%
28   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 46.3% 12.6%
29   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 45.4% 18.7%
30   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 44.5% 32.5%
31   Common Grackle 54.9% 42.7% 12.3%
32   American Goldfinch 28.6% 41.7% 13.1%
33   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 37.6% 9.6%
34   Chimney Swift 29.8% 37.2% 7.4%
35   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 36.2% 1.9%
36   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 35.8% 7.7%
37   Tree Swallow 22.4% 35.8% 13.4%
38   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 35.8% 16.9%
39   Brant 10.7% 35.8% 25.1%
40   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 34.4% 13.6%
41   Herring Gull 23.4% 33.5% 10.1%
42   Green Heron 9.0% 33.5% 24.5%
43   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 33.0% 11.2%
44   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 33.0% 16.2%
45   Canada Goose 45.1% 32.6% 12.6%
46   Ovenbird 32.7% 32.1% 0.6%
47   Barn Swallow 31.7% 31.7% 0.1%
48   Red-tailed Hawk 19.7% 31.2% 11.4%
49   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 30.3% 2.8%
50   Fish Crow 10.8% 30.3% 19.5%
51   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 28.9% 8.7%
52   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 28.4% 10.2%
53   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 28.4% 10.4%
54   Tufted Titmouse 15.5% 27.1% 11.5%
55   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 26.1% 15.5%
56   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 25.7% 17.4%
57   Mallard 49.3% 25.2% 24.1%
58   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 25.2% 2.0%
59   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 25.2% 13.2%
60   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 24.3% 6.6%
61   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 21.1% 16.9%
62   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 19.7% 6.4%
63   Common Raven 2.5% 18.8% 16.3%
64   Veery 20.1% 17.9% 2.2%
65   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 17.4% 1.0%
66   Canada Warbler 11.7% 17.4% 5.8%
67   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 16.5% 0.2%
68   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 16.5% 5.4%
69   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 16.1% 16.1%
70   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 16.1% 9.8%
71   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 15.6% 5.4%
72   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 15.6% 7.6%
73   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 14.7% 1.5%
74   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 13.8% 3.0%
75   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 13.8% 4.3%
76   American Crow 17.7% 11.5% 6.2%
77   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 11.5% 1.6%
78   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 11.5% 1.7%
79   Great Egret 25.4% 11.0% 14.4%
80   Laughing Gull 16.9% 11.0% 5.9%
81   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 10.6% 3.7%
82   Wood Duck 9.3% 10.6% 1.2%
83   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 10.6% 1.7%
84   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 10.1% 4.4%
85   Blue-winged Warbler 6.6% 10.1% 3.5%
86   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 9.6% 6.1%
87   House Finch 16.0% 8.7% 7.3%
88   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 8.7% 3.7%
89   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 8.3% 6.1%
90   Bald Eagle 2.5% 8.3% 5.8%
91   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 7.3% 6.4%
92   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 6.4% 5.2%
93   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 6.4% 3.6%
94   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 6.4% 2.1%
95   Common Tern 5.8% 6.4% 0.6%
96   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 6.4% 2.1%
97   Forster's Tern 7.9% 6.0% 2.0%
98   Palm Warbler 5.3% 6.0% 0.7%
99   Common Loon 2.4% 6.0% 3.5%
100   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 5.5% 5.6%
101   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 5.5% 3.4%
102   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 5.0% 0.4%
103   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 4.6% 0.6%
104   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 3.7% 0.9%
105   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 3.2% 6.4%
106   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 3.2% 4.1%
107   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 3.2% 3.8%
108   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 2.8% 2.7%
109   Least Tern 3.9% 2.8% 1.2%
110   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 2.8% 1.2%
111   American Oystercatcher 7.9% 2.3% 5.6%
112   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 2.3% 3.5%
113   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 2.3% 1.7%
114   Snowy Egret 9.9% 1.8% 8.1%
115   Killdeer 9.3% 1.8% 7.5%
116   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 1.8% 4.1%
117   Marsh Wren 4.6% 1.8% 2.8%
118   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 1.8% 1.8%
119   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 1.8% 1.6%
120   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 1.8% 1.4%
121   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 1.8% 0.2%
122   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 1.8% 0.5%
123   Mute Swan 11.5% 1.4% 10.2%
124   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 1.4% 1.6%
125   Red-breasted Merganser 1.7% 1.4% 0.3%
126   Summer Tanager 1.7% 1.4% 0.3%
127   Pine Warbler 1.7% 1.4% 0.3%
128   Piping Plover 1.4% 1.4% 0.0%
129   American Pipit 0.0% 1.4% 1.3%
130   Northern Bobwhite 0.0% 1.4% 1.4%
131   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 0.9% 1.8%
132   Ruddy Turnstone 2.2% 0.9% 1.3%
133   Merlin 0.9% 0.9% 0.0%
134   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.9% 0.4%
135   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 0.9% 0.5%
136   Least Sandpiper 7.1% 0.5% 6.7%
137   Willet 5.8% 0.5% 5.4%
138   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 0.5% 5.0%
139   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.9% 0.5% 4.4%
140   Semipalmated Plover 4.6% 0.5% 4.1%
141   Black-bellied Plover 3.5% 0.5% 3.0%
142   Black Vulture 2.2% 0.5% 1.8%
143   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 0.5% 0.9%
144   Eastern Bluebird 1.2% 0.5% 0.7%
145   Prothonotary Warbler 1.1% 0.5% 0.6%
146   Northern Harrier 0.6% 0.5% 0.2%
147   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
148   Golden-winged Warbler 0.1% 0.5% 0.3%