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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2005-06

Great Lakes Region

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A total of 1,227 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 97.64 3.79 3.00
2 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 91.52 7.28 3.61
3 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 91.44 2.95 1.43
4 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 90.38 4.63 2.41
5 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 88.10 5.18 2.44
6 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 87.78 1.64 0.94
7 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 84.35 1.48 0.78
8 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 78.89 2.61 1.14
9 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 67.16 4.64 1.17
10 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 63.16 4.31 0.55
11 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 62.59 1.46 0.45
12 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 61.61 7.95 1.71
13 American Robin Turdus migratorius 56.81 2.17 0.14
14 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 55.01 1.45 0.34
15 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 52.73 2.26 0.27
16 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 50.04 4.31 0.17
17 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 46.37 3.24 0.40
18 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 45.48 3.46 0.14
19 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 37.65 1.21 0.21
20 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 36.67 3.28 0.20
21 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 33.01 7.04 0.34
22 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 29.01 1.43 0.06
23 Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii 28.77 1.03 0.05
24 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 26.65 10.16 0.27
25 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 24.61 3.44 0.08