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Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2000-2001
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Review the Explanation of Terms to understand what these data represent. A total of 51 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 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 90 5.62 3.94
2 Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) 82 15.59 3.55
3 Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 73 1.84 0.82
4 Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) 71 6.56 1.59
5 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 65 1.28 0.39
6 Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica) 59 2.34 0.63
7 Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) 57 2.49 0.69
8 Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 57 1.22 0.34
9 Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) 41 16.81 1.14
10 Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) 37 2.22 0.25
11 Common Raven (Corvus corax) 37 1.64 0.16
12 Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 29 8.12 0.60
13 Hoary Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni) 20 3.91 0.13
14 Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) 16 4.05 0.14
15 Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) 16 1.80 0.10
16 Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) 14 34.94 0.10
17 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 14 1.23 0.05
18 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 12 4.35 0.05
19 Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens) 12 2.13 0.10
20 Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) 10 1.43 0.03
21 White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 8 1.12 0.02
22 Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 8 1.00 0.01
23 Northwestern Crow (Corvus caurinus) 6 9.21 0.15
24 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 6 1.99 0.01
25 Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) 6 1.00 0.01


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