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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2003-04

New England Region

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A total of 696 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 97.41 3.04 2.50
2 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 96.26 3.26 1.90
3 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 95.69 4.93 3.02
4 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 95.11 5.95 3.29
5 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 93.25 1.63 1.17
6 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 93.25 1.48 1.00
7 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 91.38 5.38 2.64
8 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 90.23 2.22 1.46
9 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 87.07 2.30 1.20
10 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 68.39 3.35 0.85
11 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 66.81 1.31 0.40
12 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 58.48 2.27 0.35
13 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 56.75 4.45 0.56
14 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 56.18 3.20 0.68
15 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 55.46 5.90 1.04
16 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 54.60 1.14 0.29
17 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 48.85 3.08 0.36
18 American Robin Turdus migratorius 48.28 2.93 0.16
19 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 47.99 5.98 0.22
20 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 46.70 1.53 0.19
21 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 44.97 1.18 0.16
22 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 41.38 1.35 0.20
23 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 40.80 4.64 0.16
24 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 37.50 2.30 0.10
25 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 37.21 9.85 0.39