Great Lakes Region

Great Lakes Region
Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2005-2006

Review the Explanation of Terms to understand what these data represent. A total of 1189 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	97.90	3.76	2.95
2	Blue Jay	Cyanocitta cristata	91.59	2.94	1.41
3	American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis	91.51	7.30	3.59
4	Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	90.75	4.59	2.38
5	Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis	88.48	5.19	2.43
6	Downy Woodpecker	Picoides pubescens	87.89	1.64	0.93
7	White-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis	85.03	1.48	0.77
8	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	79.06	2.60	1.13
9	House Finch	Carpodacus mexicanus	67.45	4.64	1.18
10	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	63.41	4.25	0.55
11	Hairy Woodpecker	Picoides villosus	62.24	1.46	0.45
12	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	61.65	7.91	1.69
13	American Robin	Turdus migratorius	56.94	2.13	0.14
14	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta canadensis	54.33	1.43	0.33
15	American Crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos	52.82	2.26	0.27
16	Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula	50.04	4.31	0.17
17	American Tree Sparrow	Spizella arborea	46.17	3.25	0.40
18	Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	45.33	3.47	0.14
19	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus	37.34	1.21	0.21
20	Purple Finch	Carpodacus purpureus	35.74	3.26	0.19
21	Pine Siskin	Carduelis pinus	32.72	6.92	0.33
22	Cooper's Hawk	Accipiter cooperii	28.76	1.03	0.05
23	Song Sparrow	Melospiza melodia	28.68	1.43	0.05
24	Common Redpoll	Carduelis flammea	26.16	10.15	0.27
25	Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus ater	24.64	3.41	0.08

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