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Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2004-2005		 Return to Top 25 index page

Review the Explanation of Terms to understand what these data represent. A total of 311 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
97.10
3.48
2.78
2
 Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
90.32
1.68
1.10
3
 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
87.42
2.85
1.27
4
 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
85.16
1.59
0.91
5
 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
82.58
4.43
1.21
6
 Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
80.65
1.44
0.69
7
 Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea
71.61
13.75
2.30
8
 American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
71.61
5.75
1.47
9
 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
62.58
8.34
1.73
10
 House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
60.32
4.24
0.88
11
 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
59.35
2.23
0.36
12
 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
56.13
1.40
0.36
13
 Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus
55.48
6.13
0.81
14
 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
52.58
2.55
0.61
15
 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
44.52
1.16
0.25
16
 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
41.61
3.64
0.39
17
 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
39.35
4.20
0.34
18
 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
39.03
1.26
0.13
19
 American Robin Turdus migratorius
38.39
2.16
0.08
20
 Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
37.42
3.46
0.17
21
 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
25.16
3.69
0.07
22
 American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
22.90
4.27
0.16
23
 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
20.97
1.21
0.04
24
 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
20.65
3.82
0.05
25
 Brown Creeper Certhia americana
19.68
1.15
0.05


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