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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