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Top Birds at Grass Island Natural Area in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 52 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Grass Island Natural Area in October. 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   Ring-billed Gull 30.4% 78.8% 48.5%
2   Double-crested Cormorant 31.9% 76.9% 45.0%
3   Mallard 38.6% 69.2% 30.7%
4   Herring Gull 32.7% 69.2% 36.6%
5   Great Blue Heron 21.8% 69.2% 47.4%
6   Blue Jay 56.2% 65.4% 9.2%
7   Song Sparrow 55.2% 65.4% 10.2%
8   American Black Duck 13.3% 65.4% 52.1%
9   Laughing Gull 13.7% 61.5% 47.8%
10   Mute Swan 10.8% 57.7% 46.9%
11   House Sparrow 46.8% 55.8% 9.0%
12   Mourning Dove 45.7% 55.8% 10.0%
13   European Starling 46.6% 51.9% 5.3%
14   Great Egret 14.2% 50.0% 35.8%
15   White-throated Sparrow 57.7% 48.1% 9.6%
16   Northern Cardinal 44.5% 44.2% 0.2%
17   Fish Crow 2.6% 40.4% 37.8%
18   American Robin 57.6% 38.5% 19.1%
19   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.6% 36.5% 9.1%
20   Belted Kingfisher 13.0% 36.5% 23.5%
21   Snowy Egret 5.4% 32.7% 27.3%
22   Northern Mockingbird 36.3% 28.8% 7.4%
23   Downy Woodpecker 29.6% 28.8% 0.7%
24   Osprey 12.5% 28.8% 16.4%
25   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.5% 25.0% 25.5%
26   Canada Goose 40.8% 23.1% 17.8%
27   Northern Flicker 38.6% 23.1% 15.5%
28   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.0% 23.1% 11.9%
29   American Goldfinch 23.8% 23.1% 0.7%
30   Carolina Wren 22.2% 23.1% 0.8%
31   Gray Catbird 38.5% 21.2% 17.3%
32   Black-capped Chickadee 18.3% 21.2% 2.8%
33   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 19.2% 16.3%
34   Great Black-backed Gull 18.9% 19.2% 0.3%
35   Swamp Sparrow 32.8% 17.3% 15.5%
36   Common Yellowthroat 26.3% 17.3% 9.0%
37   Killdeer 6.1% 17.3% 11.2%
38   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.3% 17.3% 13.0%
39   Eastern Phoebe 36.4% 13.5% 23.0%
40   Red-tailed Hawk 22.5% 13.5% 9.1%
41   Cooper's Hawk 14.6% 11.5% 3.0%
42   Palm Warbler 31.0% 9.6% 21.4%
43   Greater Yellowlegs 7.2% 9.6% 2.4%
44   Golden-crowned Kinglet 28.9% 7.7% 21.2%
45   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.2% 7.7% 12.5%
46   Savannah Sparrow 19.4% 7.7% 11.7%
47   House Finch 18.0% 7.7% 10.3%
48   Dark-eyed Junco 26.0% 5.8% 20.2%
49   Common Grackle 21.2% 5.8% 15.4%
50   White-crowned Sparrow 11.2% 5.8% 5.5%
51   Cedar Waxwing 10.1% 5.8% 4.3%
52   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.9% 5.8% 4.2%
53   House Wren 9.2% 5.8% 3.4%
54   American Crow 23.4% 3.8% 19.5%
55   Eastern Towhee 21.0% 3.8% 17.1%
56   Chipping Sparrow 20.8% 3.8% 16.9%
57   Blue-headed Vireo 11.2% 3.8% 7.3%
58   Turkey Vulture 9.6% 3.8% 5.8%
59   Black-and-white Warbler 9.5% 3.8% 5.6%
60   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.8% 3.8% 2.9%
61   Pine Siskin 4.5% 3.8% 0.7%
62   Hooded Merganser 1.1% 3.8% 2.7%
63   Green Heron 1.1% 3.8% 2.8%
64   Hermit Thrush 23.6% 1.9% 21.7%
65   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.7% 1.9% 20.8%
66   Tufted Titmouse 19.0% 1.9% 17.1%
67   American Kestrel 12.9% 1.9% 11.0%
68   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.0% 1.9% 10.1%
69   Brown Creeper 10.7% 1.9% 8.7%
70   Winter Wren 10.0% 1.9% 8.0%
71   Chimney Swift 8.5% 1.9% 6.6%
72   Ruddy Duck 8.2% 1.9% 6.3%
73   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 1.9% 5.9%
74   Merlin 7.5% 1.9% 5.5%
75   Green-winged Teal 6.0% 1.9% 4.0%
76   Northern Harrier 5.9% 1.9% 3.9%
77   Tree Swallow 5.7% 1.9% 3.8%
78   Bald Eagle 5.4% 1.9% 3.4%
79   Indigo Bunting 4.7% 1.9% 2.8%
80   Pied-billed Grebe 4.0% 1.9% 2.0%
81   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1.2% 1.9% 0.7%
82   Great Cormorant 1.2% 1.9% 0.8%
83   Common Nighthawk 0.9% 1.9% 1.0%
84   American Woodcock 0.9% 1.9% 1.0%
85   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.7% 1.9% 1.2%
86   Wilson's Warbler 0.6% 1.9% 1.3%
87   Horned Lark 0.1% 1.9% 1.8%
88   Cliff Swallow 0.0% 1.9% 1.9%