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Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2003-2004
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Review the Explanation of Terms to understand what these data represent. A total of 390 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
House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus 89.74 7.66 4.40
2
Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica 84.87 2.10 1.20
3
Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna 82.05 1.63 0.79
4
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 81.03 5.21 2.28
5
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 75.38 5.45 2.05
6
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 71.79 4.58 1.59
7
California Towhee Pipilo crissalis 68.21 1.73 0.66
8
American Robin Turdus migratorius 59.23 2.88 0.37
9
Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria 58.97 6.19 1.43
10
Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla 53.85 4.10 0.95
11
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis 53.08 6.27 1.01
12
Eastern/Spotted Towhee Pipilo 49.49 2.09 0.51
13
House Sparrow Passer domesticus 45.38 7.06 1.00
14
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 41.54 1.15 0.15
15
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 36.41 1.35 0.13
16
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula 36.41 1.15 0.13
17
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 34.87 2.87 0.28
18
Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus 34.62 6.71 0.22
19
Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata 34.62 1.62 0.17
20
Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens 31.79 2.67 0.39
21
Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus 31.28 1.51 0.25
22
Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri 30.77 3.06 0.39
23
Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 30.00 1.11 0.10
24
White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 28.72 1.40 0.20
25
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 28.21 1.12 0.08


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