Top 25 Feeder Birds

2001-02

Great Lakes Region

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A total of 1,224 FeederWatchers reported data from this region.

Rank Within Region Common Name Scientific Name Percentage of Sites Visited Average Group Size (when seen)
1 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 97.79 3.88
2 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 90.69 2.84
3 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 87.17 1.64
4 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 83.82 4.54
5 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 81.94 1.50
6 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 76.39 4.42
7 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 74.92 5.26
8 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 74.92 2.53
9 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 65.03 5.19
10 Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus 62.25 1.43
11 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 60.87 4.92
12 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 58.74 1.41
13 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 56.70 9.07
14 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 55.23 2.39
15 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 45.59 10.68
16 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 43.46 4.16
17 American Robin Turdus migratorius 42.97 1.91
18 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 38.48 4.37
19 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 37.99 3.18
20 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 31.37 1.19
21 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 25.57 3.15
22 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 24.18 2.03
23 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 21.90 4.62
24 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 21.90 3.11
25 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 20.42 1.55