Mid-Atlantic Region

Mid-Atlantic Region
Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2001-2002

Review the Explanation of Terms to understand what these data represent. A total of 963 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/ Carolina Chickadee	Poecile sp.	97.20	2.32	1.92
2	Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	96.88	4.64	3.24
3	Tufted Titmouse	Baeolophus bicolor	95.33	2.41	1.76
4	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	95.02	2.74	1.85
5	Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis	94.18	5.10	2.97
6	House Finch	Carpodacus mexicanus	91.38	4.97	2.90
7	American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis	88.06	4.79	2.33
8	Blue Jay	Cyanocitta cristata	87.12	2.40	1.05
9	Downy Woodpecker	Picoides pubescens	86.19	1.54	0.89
10	White-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis	81.10	1.43	0.69
11	Carolina Wren	Thryothorus ludovicianus	78.50	1.33	0.54
12	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus	77.36	1.17	0.49
13	White-throated Sparrow	Zonotrichia albicollis	73.42	3.47	1.14
14	American Crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos	67.71	2.67	0.65
15	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	67.08	5.23	0.86
16	American Robin	Turdus migratorius	66.87	2.83	0.32
17	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	63.97	5.87	1.46
18	Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula	57.94	5.74	0.49
19	Song Sparrow	Melospiza melodia	57.94	1.55	0.30
20	Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos	51.92	1.12	0.17
21	Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	40.81	5.08	0.28
22	Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus ater	39.98	4.01	0.19
23	Hairy Woodpecker	Picoides villosus	36.97	1.18	0.14
24	Purple Finch	Carpodacus purpureus	33.75	2.72	0.16
25	Northern Flicker	Colaptes auratus	32.92	1.21	0.06

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