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Review the Explanation of Terms to understand what these data represent. A total of 867 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 96.77 4.04 3.08
2 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 96.42 5.33 3.33
3 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 95.04 5.10 3.53
4 American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis 91.81 5.32 3.05
5 House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus 89.85 5.00 2.58
6 Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens 88.70 1.70 1.08
7 Black-capped Chickadee/Carolina Chickadee   88.12 2.23 1.35
8 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 88.00 2.47 1.24
9 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 87.54 10.78 5.80
10 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 79.82 5.48 1.25
11 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 76.24 1.23 0.56
12 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 70.24 1.45 0.60
13 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 62.17 1.94 0.64
14 American Robin Turdus migratorius 55.02 2.58 0.23
15 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 50.87 1.26 0.23
16 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 46.14 2.60 0.40
17 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 45.91 1.51 0.23
18 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 45.79 3.66 0.19
19 Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus 45.79 1.26 0.24
20 American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea 39.10 3.13 0.28
21 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 37.02 1.03 0.08
22 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 33.91 2.37 0.17
23 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 32.30 1.23 0.09
24 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 26.99 2.58 0.08
25 Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus 26.30 2.96 0.15


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