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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 344 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

97.38

3.47

2.81

2

Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

86.05

1.58

0.87

3

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

83.43

2.63

1.19

4

White-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

79.65

1.62

0.88

5

Hairy Woodpecker

Picoides villosus

72.67

1.37

0.52

6

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

70.06

10.35

3.04

7

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

67.73

3.99

1.16

8

American Goldfinch

Carduelis tristis

61.05

4.88

1.09

9

House Finch

Carpodacus mexicanus

57.85

4.40

0.92

10

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis

56.98

1.52

0.42

11

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

53.78

2.41

0.36

12

Common Redpoll

Carduelis flammea

45.64

11.59

0.91

13

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

45.35

2.44

0.58

14

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

40.12

4.51

0.39

15

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

35.76

1.12

0.18

16

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

34.30

3.28

0.29

17

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

32.27

2.10

0.10

18

Pine Siskin

Carduelis pinus

30.52

3.62

0.19

19

Pileated Woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus

25.29

1.26

0.08

20

Purple Finch

Carpodacus purpureus

22.97

2.99

0.10

21

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

19.19

2.54

0.05

22

American Tree Sparrow

Spizella arborea

18.60

3.41

0.11

23

Brown Creeper

Certhia americana

17.44

1.15

0.04

24

Pine Grosbeak

Pinicola enucleator

17.15

5.73

0.20

25

Evening Grosbeak

Coccothraustes vespertinus

15.99

10.72

0.23

 


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