Mid-Atlantic Region

Mid-Atlantic Region
Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2003-2004

Review the Explanation of Terms to understand what these data represent. A total of 901 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	97.56	3.00	2.26
2	Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	97.00	5.00	3.46
3	Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis	96.67	6.45	4.17
4	Black-capped Chickadee/Carolina Chickadee		90.79	1.92	1.27
5	House Finch	Carpodacus mexicanus	87.46	3.93	1.87
6	Downy Woodpecker	Picoides pubescens	86.57	1.48	0.86
7	Tufted Titmouse	Baeolophus bicolor	85.68	2.02	1.13
8	Blue Jay	Cyanocitta cristata	85.35	2.51	1.05
9	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus	84.02	1.17	0.59
10	White-throated Sparrow	Zonotrichia albicollis	82.13	3.89	1.71
11	American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis	82.02	4.43	1.90
12	White-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis	72.81	1.42	0.60
13	Carolina Wren	Thryothorus ludovicianus	72.81	1.30	0.45
14	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	63.71	6.21	1.59
15	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	63.49	5.00	0.77
16	Song Sparrow	Melospiza melodia	61.27	1.58	0.38
17	American Robin	Turdus migratorius	53.50	3.43	0.26
18	Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula	51.28	5.19	0.28
19	American Crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos	42.51	2.47	0.27
20	Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos	40.62	1.11	0.13
21	Purple Finch	Carpodacus purpureus	36.18	2.89	0.20
22	Hairy Woodpecker	Picoides villosus	36.18	1.19	0.14
23	Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	35.74	4.80	0.18
24	Sharp-shinned Hawk	Accipiter striatus	30.30	1.01	0.05
25	Cooper's Hawk	Accipiter cooperii	27.52	1.01	0.04

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