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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2004-05

Great Lakes Region

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A total of 1,217 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 96.63 3.62 2.69
2 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 87.84 1.66 0.92
3 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 87.43 4.99 2.49
4 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 86.94 2.90 1.26
5 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 86.11 6.92 2.85
6 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 85.78 4.88 2.10
7 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 80.03 2.67 1.23
8 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 75.68 1.48 0.64
9 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 65.74 4.38 1.10
10 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 64.91 1.45 0.46
11 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 62.12 4.10 0.56
12 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 59.65 8.05 1.74
13 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 58.18 1.39 0.39
14 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 50.37 2.26 0.26
15 American Robin Turdus migratorius 46.10 2.19 0.10
16 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 45.11 3.80 0.48
17 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 43.14 3.58 0.12
18 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 42.89 11.87 0.66
19 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 38.78 3.47 0.11
20 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 38.62 1.22 0.22
21 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 31.80 3.01 0.15
22 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 28.18 4.54 0.20
23 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 26.38 1.48 0.05
24 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 25.88 3.19 0.07
25 Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii 23.75 1.03 0.04