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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2000-01

Great Lakes Region

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A total of 1,237 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 94.18 3.41 2.29
2 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 90.22 3.28 1.69
3 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 84.48 5.20 2.35
4 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 83.10 1.67 0.86
5 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 81.89 7.35 2.77
6 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 78.33 5.29 2.02
7 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 73.00 2.78 1.13
8 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 65.64 5.40 1.26
9 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 61.60 4.88 0.74
10 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 61.20 1.48 0.46
11 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 58.69 9.08 1.87
12 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 57.56 1.43 0.41
13 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 55.38 2.40 0.35
14 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 47.53 3.82 0.55
15 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 41.07 3.86 0.13
16 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 40.66 3.51 0.23
17 American Robin Turdus migratorius 37.11 1.89 0.07
18 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 36.14 3.60 0.10
19 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 32.50 1.41 0.16
20 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 30.56 1.18 0.17
21 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 23.61 1.70 0.07
22 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 22.55 3.52 0.08
23 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 21.42 2.06 0.19
24 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 19.56 5.54 0.13
25 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 18.67 1.01 0.03