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Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2001-2002
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Review the Explanation of Terms to understand what these data represent. A total of 421 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

99.29

4.80

4.02

2

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

92.38

3.83

2.05

3

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

84.29

6.65

3.07

4

Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

79.76

1.41

0.63

5

Hairy Woodpecker

Picoides villosus

75.48

1.43

0.58

6

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

74.52

4.68

1.00

7

American Goldfinch

Carduelis tristis

73.81

5.09

1.21

8

Common Redpoll

Carduelis flammea

69.76

12.94

1.61

9

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

67.62

2.77

0.68

10

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

64.29

6.01

1.08

11

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis

63.10

1.52

0.49

12

White-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

62.38

1.42

0.47

13

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

38.81

3.41

0.10

14

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

38.33

1.83

0.28

15

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

35.95

5.00

0.14

16

American Tree Sparrow

Spizella arborea

35.00

2.91

0.27

17

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

32.86

8.63

0.59

18

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

31.90

2.11

0.07

19

Evening Grosbeak

Coccothraustes vespertinus

31.43

6.27

0.22

20

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

31.19

1.59

0.11

21

Pine Siskin

Carduelis pinus

26.90

4.91

0.14

22

House Finch

Carpodacus mexicanus

25.95

3.74

0.23

23

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

25.48

1.86

0.12

24

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

25.24

1.04

0.03

25

Tufted Titmouse

Baeolophus bicolor

23.81

2.00

0.23

 


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