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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 800 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

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

98.20

3.83

3.24

2

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

95.37

4.55

3.24

3

Tufted Titmouse

Baeolophus bicolor

91.65

2.21

1.59

4

American Goldfinch

Carduelis tristis

88.95

6.11

2.99

5

Carolina Wren

Thryothorus ludovicianus

88.95

1.43

0.82

6

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

86.50

1.23

0.70

7

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

86.38

2.17

1.06

8

Carolina Chickadee

Poecile carolinensis

82.52

2.10

1.28

9

House Finch

Carpodacus mexicanus

75.32

3.85

1.52

10

Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

75.32

1.38

0.59

11

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

71.47

3.83

1.14

12

Northern Mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos

71.21

1.25

0.39

13

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

69.02

2.48

0.40

14

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

68.38

3.89

1.29

15

Eastern/Spotted Towhee

Pipilo

59.64

1.63

0.35

16

Brown Thrasher

Toxostoma rufum

54.37

1.15

0.21

17

White-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

50.90

1.40

0.35

18

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Dendroica coronata

49.23

1.92

0.31

19

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

49.10

5.04

0.47

20

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

47.30

2.60

0.29

21

Chipping Sparrow

Spizella passerina

46.14

5.62

0.62

22

Eastern Bluebird

Sialia sialis

43.96

2.22

0.24

23

Pine Warbler

Dendroica pinus

42.42

1.70

0.26

24

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

41.00

4.55

0.34

25

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

40.62

1.62

0.22


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