Great Lakes Region

Great Lakes Region
Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2007-2008

Review the Explanation of Terms to understand what these data represent. A total of 1416 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	97.03	3.57	2.67
2	Downy Woodpecker	Picoides pubescens	89.48	1.70	0.99
3	Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	88.77	5.06	2.57
4	Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis	86.37	5.15	2.38
5	Blue Jay	Cyanocitta cristata	86.37	3.02	1.26
6	White-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis	84.25	1.53	0.84
7	American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis	82.06	6.04	2.19
8	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	79.94	2.91	1.31
9	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta canadensis	69.92	1.51	0.56
10	Hairy Woodpecker	Picoides villosus	69.00	1.54	0.55
11	House Finch	Carpodacus mexicanus	62.64	4.31	0.93
12	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	60.31	7.84	1.55
13	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	58.19	4.59	0.54
14	Common Redpoll	Carduelis flammea	56.21	9.58	0.94
15	American Crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos	54.59	2.34	0.28
16	American Tree Sparrow	Spizella arborea	46.26	3.54	0.42
17	American Robin	Turdus migratorius	43.57	2.03	0.08
18	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus	42.09	1.19	0.24
19	Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula	39.27	3.24	0.10
20	Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	35.52	3.89	0.10
21	Cooper's Hawk	Accipiter cooperii	29.38	1.02	0.05
22	Sharp-shinned Hawk	Accipiter striatus	24.58	1.01	0.04
23	Purple Finch	Carpodacus purpureus	24.01	2.64	0.09
24	Tufted Titmouse	Baeolophus bicolor	22.39	1.96	0.19
25	Pine Siskin	Carduelis pinus	20.90	4.08	0.10

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