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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2001-02

Northern Rockies Region

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A total of 216 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 87.04 3.55 2.05
2 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 75.93 12.78 2.27
3 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 70.83 1.37 0.47
4 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 61.57 5.53 0.99
5 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 61.11 7.23 1.03
6 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 59.26 10.23 2.12
7 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 55.56 1.38 0.30
8 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 50.93 1.79 0.44
9 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 50.46 7.81 1.52
10 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 44.44 1.36 0.28
11 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 43.52 2.75 0.46
12 American Robin Turdus migratorius 40.28 2.51 0.18
13 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 35.19 5.91 0.32
14 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 34.72 7.38 0.63
15 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 33.80 7.51 0.42
16 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 32.41 2.32 0.31
17 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 29.63 1.49 0.16
18 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator 27.78 6.65 0.46
19 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 25.00 23.02 0.18
20 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 22.22 1.69 0.17
21 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 21.76 5.31 0.15
22 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 21.30 3.59 0.18
23 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 20.83 1.04 0.03
24 Hoary Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 20.37 5.20 0.13