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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) 81 3.7 1.98
2 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 63 1.5 0.51
3 Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 59 5.7 0.87
4 Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) 56 2.3 0.46
5 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 55 10.5 1.63
6 Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) 54 14.8 1.69
7 Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 50 1.4 0.39
8 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 45 3.0 0.55
9 Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 45 1.3 0.23
10 House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 45 9.4 1.19
11 Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 45 1.6 0.38
12 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 44 2.1 0.14
13 American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) 32 5.8 0.46
14 Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) 29 10.3 0.46
15 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 29 1.6 0.18
16 Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) 29 6.8 0.27
17 Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli) 24 2.9 0.3
18 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 24 5.4 0.17
19 Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 19 5.2 0.12
20 Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) 19 5.7 0.25
21 Hoary Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni) 16 4.1 0.11
22 Common Raven (Corvus corax) 16 2.0 0.07
23 Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) 15 16.3 0.1
24 Cassin's Finch (Carpodacus cassinii) 15 3.1 0.05
25 Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) 14 2.2 0.11

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