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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2001-02

New England Region

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A total of 743 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 97.85 3.43 2.97
2 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 95.56 5.36 3.45
3 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 93.94 3.12 1.79
4 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 93.27 1.54 1.11
5 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 93.14 1.70 1.21
6 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 91.52 2.53 1.74
7 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 90.98 4.79 2.43
8 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 87.08 4.03 1.75
9 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 84.25 2.24 1.09
10 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 71.60 3.70 1.12
11 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 69.45 2.62 0.65
12 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 63.26 1.31 0.38
13 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 55.72 5.96 1.11
14 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 54.10 4.91 0.65
15 American Robin Turdus migratorius 48.45 2.88 0.15
16 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 47.24 4.55 0.23
17 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 46.30 2.91 0.45
18 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 45.63 1.29 0.24
19 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 45.09 4.67 0.22
20 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 43.74 1.13 0.23
21 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 42.80 1.20 0.17
22 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 41.99 1.52 0.15
23 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 28.67 2.67 0.18
24 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 27.99 3.22 0.09
25 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca 26.25 1.53 0.05