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Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2001-2002
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Review the Explanation of Terms to understand what these data represent. A total of 758 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

97.89

3.44

2.94

2

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

96.04

5.38

3.42

3

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

94.06

3.13

1.78

4

White-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

93.27

1.55

1.10

5

Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

93.14

1.70

1.19

6

Tufted Titmouse

Baeolophus bicolor

91.29

2.53

1.72

7

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

90.90

4.80

2.40

8

American Goldfinch

Carduelis tristis

87.34

4.04

1.74

9

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

83.77

2.25

1.08

10

House Finch

Carpodacus mexicanus

70.84

3.70

1.10

11

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

68.73

2.63

0.64

12

Hairy Woodpecker

Picoides villosus

62.80

1.31

0.38

13

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

54.49

5.94

1.10

14

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

53.69

4.95

0.64

15

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

47.89

2.87

0.15

16

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

46.57

4.55

0.23

17

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

45.51

2.92

0.45

18

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

44.72

4.72

0.22

19

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis

44.46

1.30

0.24

20

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

42.88

1.13

0.23

21

Carolina Wren

Thryothorus ludovicianus

41.29

1.20

0.16

22

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

40.90

1.53

0.15

23

American Tree Sparrow

Spizella arborea

28.36

2.69

0.18

24

Brown-headed Cowbird

Molothrus ater

28.23

3.24

0.09

25

Fox Sparrow

Passerella iliaca

25.46

1.52

0.05


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