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Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 1999-2000
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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) 87 6.0 3.74
2 Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) 78 17.9 2.36
3 Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) 74 2.6 0.87
4 Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 74 1.2 0.39
5 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 67 1.3 0.42
6 Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 63 1.8 0.83
7 Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) 61 3.0 0.93
8 Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) 59 7.1 0.87
9 Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 39 8.7 0.75
10 Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) 37 1.8 0.17
11 Common Raven (Corvus corax) 35 1.7 0.13
12 Hoary Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni) 30 1.8 0.11
13 Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) 24 2.1 0.18
14 Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens) 17 3.2 0.24
15 Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) 15 19.1 0.12
16 Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) 15 20.8 0.34
17 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 11 3.3 0.03
18 Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 11 1.1 0.03
19 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 9 1.1 0.02
20 Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) 9 1.7 0.04
21 Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) 7 1.1 0.04
22 Northwestern Crow (Corvus caurinus) 7 6.8 0.07
23 Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) 7 1.0 0.01
24 White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 7 2.0 0.03
25 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 4 3.9 0.01

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