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Top Birds at Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 8 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 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   Canada Goose 44.5% 62.5% 18.0%
2   Laughing Gull 18.1% 62.5% 44.4%
3   Gray Catbird 65.6% 50.0% 15.6%
4   European Starling 58.3% 50.0% 8.3%
5   Mourning Dove 53.8% 50.0% 3.8%
6   Red-winged Blackbird 52.9% 50.0% 2.9%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 33.8% 50.0% 16.2%
8   Barn Swallow 30.9% 50.0% 19.1%
9   Northern Mockingbird 27.4% 50.0% 22.6%
10   American Herring Gull 22.9% 50.0% 27.1%
11   Fish Crow 11.1% 50.0% 38.9%
12   Brant 10.6% 50.0% 39.4%
13   American Oystercatcher 7.6% 50.0% 42.4%
14   Willet 5.5% 50.0% 44.5%
15   American Robin 73.2% 37.5% 35.7%
16   Northern Cardinal 58.9% 37.5% 21.4%
17   House Sparrow 57.5% 37.5% 20.0%
18   Common Yellowthroat 46.9% 37.5% 9.4%
19   Yellow Warbler 41.7% 37.5% 4.2%
20   Great Egret 24.3% 37.5% 13.2%
21   Tree Swallow 21.6% 37.5% 15.9%
22   Eastern Towhee 18.5% 37.5% 19.0%
23   Ring-billed Gull 14.1% 37.5% 23.4%
24   Great Black-backed Gull 12.7% 37.5% 24.8%
25   Spotted Sandpiper 12.2% 37.5% 25.3%
26   Snowy Egret 9.4% 37.5% 28.1%
27   Forster's Tern 7.8% 37.5% 29.7%
28   Semipalmated Plover 4.4% 37.5% 33.1%
29   Glossy Ibis 4.0% 37.5% 33.5%
30   Common Grackle 54.5% 25.0% 29.5%
31   Blue Jay 48.2% 25.0% 23.2%
32   Black-and-white Warbler 37.7% 25.0% 12.7%
33   Song Sparrow 35.5% 25.0% 10.5%
34   White-throated Sparrow 33.6% 25.0% 8.6%
35   Gadwall 6.7% 25.0% 18.3%
36   Common Tern 5.8% 25.0% 19.2%
37   Boat-tailed Grackle 5.1% 25.0% 19.9%
38   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.7% 25.0% 20.3%
39   Black-bellied Plover 3.3% 25.0% 21.7%
40   Field Sparrow 3.1% 25.0% 21.9%
41   Mallard 47.7% 12.5% 35.2%
42   Rock Pigeon 36.0% 12.5% 23.5%
43   Northern Parula 35.3% 12.5% 22.8%
44   Warbling Vireo 32.7% 12.5% 20.2%
45   Chimney Swift 30.9% 12.5% 18.4%
46   Northern Flicker 28.6% 12.5% 16.1%
47   Black-throated Blue Warbler 26.2% 12.5% 13.7%
48   House Wren 25.5% 12.5% 13.0%
49   Wood Thrush 22.8% 12.5% 10.3%
50   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.0% 12.5% 7.5%
51   Black-throated Green Warbler 19.2% 12.5% 6.7%
52   American Crow 17.5% 12.5% 5.0%
53   Cedar Waxwing 17.1% 12.5% 4.6%
54   Osprey 16.9% 12.5% 4.4%
55   Eastern Kingbird 16.4% 12.5% 3.9%
56   Tufted Titmouse 14.9% 12.5% 2.4%
57   Swamp Sparrow 12.3% 12.5% 0.2%
58   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.0% 12.5% 1.5%
59   Great Blue Heron 9.4% 12.5% 3.1%
60   Blackburnian Warbler 8.7% 12.5% 3.8%
61   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.5% 12.5% 4.0%
62   Least Sandpiper 7.0% 12.5% 5.5%
63   Brown Thrasher 6.5% 12.5% 6.0%
64   Greater Yellowlegs 5.4% 12.5% 7.1%
65   Willow Flycatcher 5.3% 12.5% 7.2%
66   Savannah Sparrow 5.1% 12.5% 7.4%
67   Least Tern 3.7% 12.5% 8.8%
68   White-crowned Sparrow 3.1% 12.5% 9.4%
69   Monk Parakeet 2.2% 12.5% 10.3%
70   Black Skimmer 1.6% 12.5% 10.9%
71   Northern Harrier 0.6% 12.5% 11.9%