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Top Birds at Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 10 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 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   Bufflehead 28.2% 90.0% 61.8%
2   American Black Duck 26.7% 90.0% 63.3%
3   Brant 18.9% 90.0% 71.1%
4   Red-breasted Merganser 14.9% 90.0% 75.1%
5   Canada Goose 51.6% 80.0% 28.4%
6   Ring-billed Gull 49.7% 80.0% 30.3%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 80.0% 62.1%
8   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 70.0% 21.3%
9   Herring Gull 41.9% 70.0% 28.1%
10   Song Sparrow 37.0% 70.0% 33.0%
11   Great Black-backed Gull 29.4% 70.0% 40.6%
12   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 70.0% 41.6%
13   Greater Scaup 6.7% 70.0% 63.3%
14   Mallard 48.3% 60.0% 11.7%
15   Northern Cardinal 40.0% 60.0% 20.0%
16   European Starling 38.9% 50.0% 11.1%
17   House Sparrow 38.5% 50.0% 11.5%
18   Mourning Dove 36.1% 50.0% 13.9%
19   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 50.0% 34.4%
20   American Wigeon 6.2% 50.0% 43.8%
21   Horned Grebe 5.3% 50.0% 44.7%
22   Northern Harrier 4.9% 50.0% 45.1%
23   Blue Jay 39.8% 40.0% 0.2%
24   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 40.0% 9.3%
25   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 40.0% 9.3%
26   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 40.0% 19.8%
27   Gadwall 15.2% 40.0% 24.8%
28   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 40.0% 32.4%
29   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.8% 40.0% 33.2%
30   Great Cormorant 3.8% 40.0% 36.2%
31   American Goldfinch 20.4% 30.0% 9.6%
32   Northern Flicker 10.9% 30.0% 19.1%
33   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 30.0% 19.2%
34   American Tree Sparrow 6.4% 30.0% 23.6%
35   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 20.0% 4.6%
36   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 20.0% 4.3%
37   American Crow 20.6% 20.0% 0.6%
38   Carolina Wren 18.8% 20.0% 1.2%
39   House Finch 16.4% 20.0% 3.6%
40   Mute Swan 14.0% 20.0% 6.0%
41   Fox Sparrow 9.7% 20.0% 10.3%
42   Common Grackle 5.5% 20.0% 14.5%
43   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 20.0% 14.5%
44   Fish Crow 5.2% 20.0% 14.8%
45   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 20.0% 16.8%
46   Killdeer 1.8% 20.0% 18.2%
47   Dunlin 1.6% 20.0% 18.4%
48   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 20.0% 19.8%
49   American Robin 29.6% 10.0% 19.6%
50   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.7% 10.0% 18.7%
51   Dark-eyed Junco 23.2% 10.0% 13.2%
52   Tufted Titmouse 21.3% 10.0% 11.3%
53   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 10.0% 8.8%
54   Northern Shoveler 14.8% 10.0% 4.8%
55   American Coot 10.4% 10.0% 0.4%
56   Hairy Woodpecker 9.2% 10.0% 0.8%
57   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 10.0% 0.8%
58   Common Loon 9.1% 10.0% 0.9%
59   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 10.0% 4.4%
60   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 10.0% 4.8%
61   Winter Wren 5.0% 10.0% 5.0%
62   Common Merganser 4.9% 10.0% 5.1%
63   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 10.0% 6.4%
64   Sanderling 3.2% 10.0% 6.8%
65   Eastern Towhee 2.6% 10.0% 7.4%
66   Snow Goose 2.2% 10.0% 7.8%
67   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 10.0% 7.9%
68   White-winged Scoter 2.0% 10.0% 8.0%
69   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.9% 10.0% 8.1%
70   Greater Yellowlegs 1.6% 10.0% 8.4%
71   Great Egret 1.6% 10.0% 8.4%
72   Purple Finch 1.3% 10.0% 8.7%
73   Black-bellied Plover 1.2% 10.0% 8.8%
74   American Pipit 1.0% 10.0% 9.0%
75   Snowy Owl 1.0% 10.0% 9.0%
76   American Woodcock 0.6% 10.0% 9.4%