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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2003-04

Great Lakes Region

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A total of 1,263 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 93.90 3.74 2.67
2 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 89.39 2.74 1.32
3 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 88.99 1.68 0.97
4 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 87.41 5.02 2.43
5 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 84.72 5.26 2.38
6 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 81.71 6.16 2.23
7 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 79.02 1.48 0.69
8 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 77.20 2.63 1.17
9 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 66.67 1.45 0.49
10 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 66.27 4.66 1.14
11 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 62.07 4.39 0.59
12 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 60.89 1.44 0.41
13 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 58.83 8.80 1.82
14 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 48.77 12.00 0.77
15 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 48.77 2.26 0.26
16 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 45.84 3.91 0.47
17 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 45.45 4.30 0.16
18 American Robin Turdus migratorius 42.28 2.01 0.09
19 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 41.49 3.74 0.13
20 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 38.48 1.20 0.24
21 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 26.84 3.23 0.12
22 Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii 25.57 1.02 0.04
23 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 25.10 1.56 0.05
24 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 23.59 4.00 0.11
25 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 23.12 3.33 0.07