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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) FeederWatch Abundance Index
1 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 97.79 3.88 2.96
2 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 90.69 2.84 1.33
3 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 87.17 1.64 0.88
4 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 83.82 4.54 1.89
5 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 81.94 1.50 0.72
6 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 76.39 4.42 1.46
7 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 74.92 5.26 1.56
8 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 74.92 2.53 1.02
9 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 65.03 5.19 1.21
10 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 62.25 1.43 0.42
11 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 60.87 4.92 0.63
12 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 58.74 1.41 0.37
13 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 56.70 9.07 1.73
14 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 55.23 2.39 0.34
15 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 45.59 10.68 0.80
16 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 43.46 4.16 0.16
17 American Robin Turdus migratorius 42.97 1.91 0.09
18 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 38.48 4.37 0.15
19 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 37.99 3.18 0.30
20 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 31.37 1.19 0.17
21 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 25.57 3.15 0.11
22 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 24.18 2.03 0.20
23 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 21.90 4.62 0.12
24 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 21.90 3.11 0.06
25 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 20.42 1.55 0.04