Great Lakes Region

Great Lakes Region
Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2001-2002

Review the Explanation of Terms to understand what these data represent. A total of 1210 FeederWatchers reported data from this region.

Rank within region	Common Name	Scientific name	Percentage of feeders visited	Mean group size (when seen)	FeederWatch Abundance Index
1	Black-capped Chickadee	Poecile atricapillus	97.60	3.89	2.96
2	Blue Jay	Cyanocitta cristata	90.66	2.83	1.31
3	Downy Woodpecker	Picoides pubescens	87.36	1.64	0.88
4	Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	83.47	4.55	1.89
5	White-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis	81.65	1.50	0.72
6	Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis	75.79	4.40	1.44
7	American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis	74.71	5.26	1.56
8	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	74.71	2.53	1.01
9	House Finch	Carpodacus mexicanus	64.63	5.16	1.19
10	Hairy Woodpecker	Picoides villosus	62.31	1.43	0.42
11	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	60.33	4.93	0.63
12	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta canadensis	58.26	1.41	0.37
13	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	56.20	9.09	1.70
14	American Crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos	54.88	2.38	0.34
15	Common Redpoll	Carduelis flammea	45.54	10.62	0.81
16	Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula	42.98	4.15	0.16
17	American Robin	Turdus migratorius	42.89	1.90	0.09
18	Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	38.02	4.37	0.15
19	American Tree Sparrow	Spizella arborea	37.77	3.17	0.30
20	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus	31.57	1.19	0.17
21	Purple Finch	Carpodacus purpureus	25.37	3.16	0.11
22	Tufted Titmouse	Baeolophus bicolor	24.63	2.03	0.20
23	Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus ater	21.98	3.10	0.06
24	Pine Siskin	Carduelis pinus	21.65	4.66	0.12
25	Sharp-shinned Hawk	Accipiter striatus	20.41	1.01	0.03

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