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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2000-01

Northern Rockies Region

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A total of 262 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 89.69 4.15 2.67
2 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 76.34 1.57 0.64
3 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 61.45 5.11 0.80
4 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia 57.63 2.58 0.62
5 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 56.49 9.88 1.73
6 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 53.82 1.42 0.35
7 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 51.53 2.85 0.63
8 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 47.33 1.38 0.27
9 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 45.04 9.78 0.78
10 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 40.84 7.61 1.08
11 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 40.08 1.41 0.23
12 American Robin Turdus migratorius 38.17 2.80 0.16
13 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 37.40 1.72 0.29
14 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 33.21 5.43 0.27
15 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 30.92 8.22 0.33
16 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 29.77 9.44 0.48
17 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator 25.95 7.36 0.40
18 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 25.57 2.61 0.24
19 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 25.19 6.22 0.45
20 Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis 19.85 2.01 0.13
21 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 19.08 23.37 0.14
22 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 19.08 6.13 0.15
23 Common Raven Corvus corax 18.32 1.69 0.07
24 Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii 15.27 3.67 0.07
25 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 15.27 1.48 0.10