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Top 25 Feeder Birds

1999-00

Northern Rockies Region

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A total of 208 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 81.25 3.67 1.93
2 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 62.02 1.54 0.50
3 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 58.65 5.66 0.85
4 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 56.25 10.36 1.65
5 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia 55.29 2.27 0.47
6 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 54.81 14.94 1.70
7 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 48.56 1.41 0.38
8 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 46.15 2.96 0.57
9 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 45.19 1.56 0.36
10 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 44.71 1.37 0.23
11 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 44.23 9.34 1.20
12 American Robin Turdus migratorius 43.27 2.06 0.14
13 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 32.21 5.60 0.46
14 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 29.33 10.37 0.47
15 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 28.85 7.14 0.28
16 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 28.37 1.54 0.18
17 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 24.52 6.07 0.20
18 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 23.08 2.78 0.27
19 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator 18.75 5.76 0.24
20 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 18.27 5.33 0.12
21 Redpoll (Hoary) Acanthis flammea hornemanni/exilipes 16.35 4.08 0.12
22 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 15.38 17.29 0.11
23 Common Raven Corvus corax 15.38 1.96 0.07
24 Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii 14.42 3.15 0.05
25 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 13.46 4.33 0.15