Mid-Atlantic Region

Mid-Atlantic Region
Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2004-2005

Review the Explanation of Terms to understand what these data represent. A total of 888 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	98.08	3.35	2.58
2	Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	97.18	4.99	3.45
3	Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis	97.06	5.50	3.44
4	Black-capped Chickadee/Carolina Chickadee		96.05	2.07	1.53
5	Tufted Titmouse	Baeolophus bicolor	93.11	2.22	1.46
6	House Finch	Carpodacus mexicanus	89.27	3.94	1.86
7	Downy Woodpecker	Picoides pubescens	89.15	1.55	0.93
8	American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis	88.36	4.68	2.12
9	White-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis	85.76	1.41	0.76
10	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus	85.20	1.16	0.61
11	Carolina Wren	Thryothorus ludovicianus	81.92	1.33	0.56
12	Blue Jay	Cyanocitta cristata	80.11	2.33	0.85
13	White-throated Sparrow	Zonotrichia albicollis	79.89	3.51	1.36
14	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	66.78	6.01	1.55
15	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	65.88	4.54	0.72
16	Song Sparrow	Melospiza melodia	63.16	1.50	0.35
17	American Robin	Turdus migratorius	62.26	2.87	0.27
18	Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula	58.08	5.70	0.41
19	Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos	53.33	1.11	0.17
20	American Crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos	47.12	2.47	0.26
21	Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus ater	45.20	4.04	0.19
22	Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	44.41	4.59	0.25
23	Hairy Woodpecker	Picoides villosus	40.79	1.19	0.15
24	Purple Finch	Carpodacus purpureus	37.18	2.35	0.16
25	Northern Flicker	Colaptes auratus	29.27	1.19	0.07

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