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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2003-04

North Central Region

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A total of 332 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 97.59 3.66 3.02
2 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 92.77 1.66 1.10
3 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 85.24 4.04 1.42
4 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 85.24 1.61 0.93
5 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 83.73 2.68 1.21
6 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 80.72 1.45 0.69
7 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 69.28 10.27 2.76
8 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 66.27 5.21 1.11
9 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 64.16 15.39 1.97
10 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 60.24 5.09 1.08
11 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 53.92 2.31 0.34
12 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 51.20 2.73 0.66
13 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 42.47 1.18 0.23
14 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 40.06 3.84 0.40
15 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 39.16 4.16 0.30
16 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 38.86 3.28 0.19
17 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 38.55 1.49 0.23
18 American Robin Turdus migratorius 35.84 2.27 0.07
19 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 30.72 1.27 0.10
20 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 28.61 4.68 0.20
21 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 24.40 2.46 0.05
22 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator 23.49 7.30 0.35
23 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 23.19 1.17 0.06
24 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 20.48 4.52 0.14
25 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 18.98 3.42 0.04