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Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2002-2003
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Review the Explanation of Terms to understand what these data represent. A total of 742 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

98.22

3.04

2.55

2

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

96.71

6.33

4.06

3

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

96.16

3.40

2.25

4

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

95.21

5.39

3.34

5

Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

94.93

1.71

1.23

6

Tufted Titmouse

Baeolophus bicolor

92.19

2.35

1.60

7

White-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

92.05

1.47

0.95

8

American Goldfinch

Carduelis tristis

90.14

4.91

2.43

9

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

87.26

2.33

1.24

10

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

70.00

2.72

0.68

11

House Finch

Carpodacus mexicanus

69.73

3.62

0.97

12

Hairy Woodpecker

Picoides villosus

67.67

1.27

0.38

13

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

59.45

4.63

0.69

14

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

54.79

3.08

0.63

15

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

54.11

5.84

1.04

16

Carolina Wren

Thryothorus ludovicianus

53.01

1.20

0.22

17

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

49.73

1.14

0.25

18

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

49.59

1.52

0.20

19

American Tree Sparrow

Spizella arborea

46.99

2.70

0.33

20

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

46.71

2.61

0.14

21

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

43.01

4.52

0.16

22

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

38.08

4.00

0.11

23

Purple Finch

Carpodacus purpureus

29.59

2.44

0.09

24

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

27.67

1.01

0.04

25

Fox Sparrow

Passerella iliaca

26.30

1.41

0.05


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