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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2003-04

Northern Rockies Region

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A total of 215 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 84.19 4.04 2.17
2 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 71.63 5.13 1.16
3 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 71.16 1.52 0.61
4 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 60.47 13.95 2.63
5 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 60.00 11.82 1.33
6 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 55.35 10.04 1.92
7 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 53.95 1.55 0.38
8 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 49.77 1.84 0.46
9 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 45.58 1.52 0.34
10 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 45.12 2.89 0.54
11 American Robin Turdus migratorius 45.12 2.23 0.15
12 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 43.26 5.71 0.34
13 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 41.86 6.55 0.61
14 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 36.28 1.52 0.22
15 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 34.88 5.37 0.27
16 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 26.51 3.98 0.25
17 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 24.19 3.00 0.29
18 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 22.79 6.89 0.24
19 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator 22.33 6.48 0.32
20 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 22.33 1.05 0.05
21 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 20.93 1.44 0.11
22 Common Raven Corvus corax 20.47 1.46 0.07
23 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 20.00 7.20 0.18
24 Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis 19.07 1.80 0.13