Top 25 Feeder Birds

1999-00

North Central Region

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A total of 290 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	97.24	3.25	2.56
2	Downy Woodpecker	Dryobates pubescens	87.24	1.66	1.03
3	Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis	85.17	4.52	1.51
4	White-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis	82.76	1.63	0.89
5	Blue Jay	Cyanocitta cristata	80.34	2.18	0.85
6	Hairy Woodpecker	Dryobates villosus	77.24	1.39	0.59
7	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	71.03	8.75	2.62
8	House Finch	Haemorhous mexicanus	61.38	4.29	0.92
9	Redpoll (Common)	Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica	58.97	14.38	2.18
10	American Crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos	58.28	2.30	0.41
11	American Goldfinch	Spinus tristis	56.21	4.33	0.85
12	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta canadensis	54.48	1.42	0.34
13	American Robin	Turdus migratorius	51.38	1.77	0.12
14	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	48.62	2.33	0.63
15	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	44.48	4.12	0.45
16	Purple Finch	Haemorhous purpureus	38.97	2.94	0.15
17	Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula	37.93	3.08	0.15
18	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus	37.24	1.11	0.20
19	Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	35.86	3.09	0.24
20	Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	30.00	4.77	0.13
21	Pine Siskin	Spinus pinus	29.31	4.75	0.22
22	American Tree Sparrow	Spizelloides arborea	28.97	3.96	0.17
23	Pileated Woodpecker	Dryocopus pileatus	23.45	1.16	0.08
24	Evening Grosbeak	Coccothraustes vespertinus	17.93	10.47	0.30
25	Brown Creeper	Certhia americana	17.93	1.07	0.05

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