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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2003-04

North Atlantic Region

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A total of 485 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 98.14 4.39 3.61
2 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 88.45 3.78 1.83
3 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 84.33 5.81 2.60
4 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 84.12 5.12 1.17
5 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 80.41 1.41 0.65
6 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 80.21 14.44 2.33
7 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 79.38 4.17 1.04
8 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 73.61 1.48 0.57
9 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 69.69 2.81 0.64
10 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 64.12 5.07 0.90
11 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 60.82 1.40 0.44
12 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 57.32 1.51 0.45
13 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 49.28 4.67 0.33
14 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 48.66 3.52 0.42
15 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 40.21 2.78 0.13
16 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 37.73 1.86 0.30
17 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 35.67 3.17 0.08
18 American Robin Turdus migratorius 35.05 1.97 0.07
19 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 34.85 1.72 0.11
20 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 34.02 8.57 0.36
21 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 31.96 9.08 0.60
22 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 31.34 4.12 0.10
23 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 27.22 1.94 0.11
24 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 26.60 3.71 0.22