Top 25 Feeder Birds

1999-00

New England Region

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A total of 749 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	97.73	3.66	3.11
2	White-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis	94.66	1.53	1.05
3	Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	94.13	5.43	3.22
4	Blue Jay	Cyanocitta cristata	93.06	3.19	1.76
5	Downy Woodpecker	Dryobates pubescens	91.32	1.65	1.15
6	Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis	89.72	5.00	2.49
7	Tufted Titmouse	Baeolophus bicolor	88.78	2.54	1.63
8	American Goldfinch	Spinus tristis	81.44	4.26	1.66
9	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	81.04	2.32	1.05
10	House Finch	Haemorhous mexicanus	69.03	3.97	1.07
11	American Crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos	68.09	2.80	0.70
12	Hairy Woodpecker	Dryobates villosus	60.88	1.28	0.37
13	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	56.07	5.11	0.66
14	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	51.40	6.57	1.04
15	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta canadensis	49.93	1.35	0.30
16	Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula	47.26	5.14	0.25
17	American Robin	Turdus migratorius	43.79	2.37	0.13
18	Song Sparrow	Melospiza melodia	43.79	1.56	0.17
19	Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	42.99	4.61	0.21
20	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus	38.99	1.12	0.19
21	White-throated Sparrow	Zonotrichia albicollis	38.85	3.04	0.42
22	American Tree Sparrow	Spizelloides arborea	35.78	2.71	0.25
23	Redpoll (Common)	Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica	31.24	10.86	0.45
24	Carolina Wren	Thryothorus ludovicianus	30.97	1.20	0.12
25	Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus ater	30.31	3.45	0.11

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