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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) 95 3.8 2.59
2 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 88 2.7 1.21
3 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 83 1.6 0.81
4 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 81 4.6 1.83
5 Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 79 4.5 1.46
6 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 74 1.5 0.63
7 American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) 71 5.5 1.48
8 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 69 2.5 0.87
9 House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 63 5.5 1.27
10 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 59 5.0 0.62
11 Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 57 1.4 0.38
12 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 57 9.3 1.75
13 Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 51 1.4 0.33
14 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 50 2.5 0.3
15 Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) 49 12.1 0.98
16 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 48 1.9 0.12
17 Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 48 4.4 0.21
18 American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea) 42 3.9 0.37
19 Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 41 3.9 0.16
20 Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) 30 3.6 0.16
21 Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 29 3.5 0.1
22 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 28 1.6 0.06
23  Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 26 1.2 0.14
24 Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) 23 9.0 0.29
25 Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) 23 4.3 0.15

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