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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2004-05

North Central Region

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A total of 321 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 97.20 3.51 2.84
2 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 90.34 1.69 1.11
3 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 87.85 2.85 1.28
4 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 85.36 1.59 0.92
5 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 81.93 4.44 1.21
6 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 81.00 1.45 0.71
7 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 71.34 13.92 2.34
8 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 71.34 5.79 1.47
9 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 61.68 8.39 1.73
10 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 59.19 4.22 0.86
11 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 59.19 2.23 0.36
12 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 56.07 6.03 0.81
13 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 55.76 1.41 0.37
14 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 52.02 2.53 0.61
15 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 43.61 1.17 0.26
16 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 40.81 3.60 0.39
17 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 38.94 4.24 0.34
18 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 38.32 1.27 0.14
19 American Robin Turdus migratorius 37.69 2.20 0.08
20 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 37.38 3.48 0.17
21 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 22.74 4.47 0.16
22 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 21.81 3.85 0.06
23 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 20.87 3.91 0.06
24 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 20.56 1.22 0.04
25 Brown Creeper Certhia americana 19.63 1.14 0.05