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Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2003-2004		 Return to Top 25 index page

Review the Explanation of Terms to understand what these data represent. A total of 1255 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 93.71 3.82 2.67
2 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 88.84 2.78 1.32
3 Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens 87.81 1.68 0.95
4 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 85.42 5.28 2.41
5 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 82.63 5.33 2.32
6 American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis 81.35 6.33 2.26
7 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 79.12 1.48 0.69
8 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 76.18 2.68 1.14
9 Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus 64.78 1.45 0.48
10 House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus 64.14 4.90 1.14
11 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 60.16 1.45 0.41
12 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 58.25 9.23 1.83
13 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 53.86 4.14 0.49
14 Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea 46.06 11.38 0.68
15 American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea 44.22 3.90 0.45
16 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 43.11 2.25 0.24
17 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 39.04 1.18 0.24
18 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 25.34 3.28 0.06
19 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 24.46 1.02 0.04
20 Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus 23.82 3.26 0.11
21 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 22.15 2.07 0.19
22 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 21.99 2.64 0.04
23 Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus 21.75 4.11 0.11
24 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 21.43 1.01 0.03
25 American Robin Turdus migratorius 20.24 1.88 0.03


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