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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 836 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

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

97.85

3.17

2.49

2

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

96.41

4.34

2.94

3

Tufted Titmouse

Baeolophus bicolor

88.88

2.13

1.36

4

American Goldfinch

Carduelis tristis

87.08

6.82

2.77

5

Carolina Wren

Thryothorus ludovicianus

83.49

1.44

0.68

6

Carolina Chickadee

Poecile carolinensis

82.78

2.07

1.23

7

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

81.94

2.17

0.84

8

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

80.02

1.23

0.52

9

House Finch

Carpodacus mexicanus

73.44

4.03

1.52

10

Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

72.01

1.32

0.47

11

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

65.19

3.11

0.45

12

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

64.83

4.20

1.08

13

Northern Mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos

64.71

1.23

0.32

14

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

57.89

3.47

0.87

15

Eastern/Spotted Towhee

Pipilo

48.80

1.51

0.23

16

Brown Thrasher

Toxostoma rufum

48.09

1.17

0.16

17

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Dendroica coronata

47.97

2.18

0.30

18

White-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

47.49

1.37

0.30

19

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

46.29

2.46

0.27

20

Eastern Bluebird

Sialia sialis

45.57

2.21

0.25

21

Chipping Sparrow

Spizella passerina

44.74

5.67

0.61

22

Purple Finch

Carpodacus purpureus

43.66

3.27

0.31

23

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

42.46

5.07

0.37

24

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Sitta pusilla

39.83

1.57

0.23

25

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

38.40

5.34

0.34


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