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)
1	Black-capped Chickadee	Poecile atricapillus	94.87	3.78
2	Blue Jay	Cyanocitta cristata	87.80	2.65
3	Downy Woodpecker	Dryobates pubescens	83.16	1.64
4	Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	81.29	4.57
5	Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis	79.09	4.50
6	White-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis	74.13	1.51
7	American Goldfinch	Spinus tristis	70.46	5.55
8	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	69.49	2.52
9	House Finch	Haemorhous mexicanus	63.38	5.54
10	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	59.32	5.14
11	Hairy Woodpecker	Leuconotopicus villosus	57.53	1.42
12	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	56.31	9.38
13	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta canadensis	51.91	1.43
14	American Crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos	49.31	2.49
15	Redpoll (Common)	Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica	48.66	12.07
16	American Robin	Turdus migratorius	48.49	1.90
17	Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula	47.93	4.48
18	American Tree Sparrow	Spizelloides arborea	42.23	3.93
19	Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	40.76	3.87
20	Purple Finch	Haemorhous purpureus	30.27	3.65
21	Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus ater	28.40	3.48
22	Song Sparrow	Melospiza melodia	27.42	1.60
23	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus	26.69	1.17
24	Evening Grosbeak	Hesperiphona vespertina	23.03	9.01
25	Pine Siskin	Spinus pinus	22.95	4.22