Mid-Central Region

Mid-Central 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 311 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	Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis	97.43	4.42	2.83
2	Black-capped Chickadee/ Carolina Chickadee	Poecile sp.	95.82	2.31	1.72
3	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	93.89	3.16	2.23
4	Downy Woodpecker	Picoides pubescens	93.25	1.71	1.09
5	American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis	90.68	6.34	3.36
6	Blue Jay	Cyanocitta cristata	90.03	2.42	1.28
7	House Finch	Carpodacus mexicanus	85.21	4.75	2.07
8	American Robin	Turdus migratorius	84.24	2.79	0.56
9	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	82.96	8.58	4.03
10	Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	82.96	4.05	1.56
11	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	79.42	5.62	1.33
12	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus	74.92	1.23	0.53
13	White-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis	70.42	1.60	0.60
14	Tufted Titmouse	Baeolophus bicolor	69.13	2.00	0.75
15	Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula	55.31	4.18	0.27
16	Northern Flicker	Colaptes auratus	54.66	1.25	0.19
17	American Crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos	54.02	2.52	0.42
18	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta canadensis	49.20	1.35	0.26
19	Hairy Woodpecker	Picoides villosus	45.66	1.22	0.18
20	Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	42.77	3.68	0.22
21	Purple Finch	Carpodacus purpureus	41.80	4.13	0.43
22	Carolina Wren	Thryothorus ludovicianus	33.76	1.24	0.13
23	White-throated Sparrow	Zonotrichia albicollis	30.55	2.40	0.28
24	Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus ater	27.97	3.28	0.07
25	Eastern Bluebird	Sialia sialis	26.69	2.07	0.10

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