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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2004-05

North Atlantic Region

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A total of 480 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 97.71 4.15 3.44
2 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 89.79 3.89 1.97
3 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 89.17 8.37 3.85
4 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 85.83 1.47 0.74
5 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 83.75 6.04 2.71
6 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 77.29 3.78 1.09
7 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 76.88 1.50 0.63
8 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 70.21 2.81 0.67
9 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 64.58 4.54 0.75
10 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 62.92 4.89 0.83
11 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 57.92 1.51 0.40
12 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 55.62 1.49 0.46
13 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 51.46 11.78 0.64
14 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 50.21 6.53 0.44
15 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 46.04 3.22 0.42
16 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 41.04 1.97 0.36
17 American Robin Turdus migratorius 36.88 2.14 0.08
18 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 34.58 3.12 0.08
19 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 32.50 10.01 0.67
20 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 32.50 3.25 0.07
21 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 29.38 1.63 0.12
22 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 28.96 3.60 0.22
23 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 27.08 8.83 0.33
24 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 23.96 1.00 0.03