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Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2003-2004
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Review the Explanation of Terms to understand what these data represent. A total of 303 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 94.39 3.41 2.16
2 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 79.87 5.03 1.81
3 American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis 78.55 7.34 1.88
4 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 77.89 2.15 0.86
5 Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis 76.90 2.07 0.95
6 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 76.24 10.01 3.94
7 House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus 71.29 3.90 1.07
8 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 64.36 1.26 0.33
9 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 61.06 1.43 0.39
10 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 60.40 1.21 0.33
11 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 60.07 2.08 0.62
12 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 56.44 4.32 0.76
13 Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens 52.48 1.40 0.34
14 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 44.88 7.60 0.48
15 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 43.23 8.66 0.53
16 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 42.57 4.24 0.40
17 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 40.26 2.69 0.27
18 American Robin Turdus migratorius 38.28 2.56 0.17
19 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 37.95 5.81 0.25
20 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 37.29 3.51 0.41
21 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 34.98 7.55 0.73
22 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 30.03 6.99 0.40
23 Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata 30.03 1.89 0.14
24 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula 29.70 1.23 0.11
25 Inca Dove Columbina inca 28.71 4.06 0.31


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