Top 25 Feeder Birds

1999-00

Great Lakes Region

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A total of 1,229 FeederWatchers reported data from this region.

Rank Within Region	Common Name	Scientific Name	Percentage of Sites Visited	Average Group Size (when seen)	FeederWatch Abundance Index
1	Black-capped Chickadee	Poecile atricapillus	94.87	3.78	2.61
2	Blue Jay	Cyanocitta cristata	87.80	2.65	1.22
3	Downy Woodpecker	Dryobates pubescens	83.16	1.64	0.83
4	Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	81.29	4.57	1.84
5	Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis	79.09	4.50	1.48
6	White-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis	74.13	1.51	0.63
7	American Goldfinch	Spinus tristis	70.46	5.55	1.50
8	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	69.49	2.52	0.89
9	House Finch	Haemorhous mexicanus	63.38	5.54	1.28
10	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	59.32	5.14	0.64
11	Hairy Woodpecker	Dryobates villosus	57.53	1.42	0.38
12	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	56.31	9.38	1.75
13	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta canadensis	51.91	1.43	0.33
14	American Crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos	49.31	2.49	0.30
15	Redpoll (Common)	Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica	48.66	12.07	0.97
16	American Robin	Turdus migratorius	48.49	1.90	0.12
17	Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula	47.93	4.48	0.22
18	American Tree Sparrow	Spizelloides arborea	42.23	3.93	0.38
19	Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	40.76	3.87	0.16
20	Purple Finch	Haemorhous purpureus	30.27	3.65	0.16
21	Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus ater	28.40	3.48	0.10
22	Song Sparrow	Melospiza melodia	27.42	1.60	0.06
23	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus	26.69	1.17	0.14
24	Evening Grosbeak	Coccothraustes vespertinus	23.03	9.01	0.29
25	Pine Siskin	Spinus pinus	22.95	4.22	0.15

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