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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2006-07

Great Lakes Region

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A total of 1,262 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 95.32 3.27 2.42
2 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 91.60 4.88 2.44
3 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 90.25 1.69 1.03
4 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 89.30 6.49 3.05
5 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 89.30 4.82 2.45
6 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 88.75 2.93 1.39
7 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 79.16 2.70 1.18
8 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 72.82 1.52 0.63
9 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 66.01 1.47 0.50
10 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 65.93 4.36 1.08
11 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 61.57 4.62 0.60
12 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 61.09 7.99 1.72
13 American Robin Turdus migratorius 52.14 1.95 0.11
14 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 49.29 2.25 0.27
15 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 48.97 3.92 0.47
16 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 46.28 4.43 0.15
17 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 43.19 1.50 0.28
18 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 42.55 1.20 0.24
19 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 41.68 3.58 0.13
20 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 35.58 3.54 0.20
21 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 32.09 1.69 0.06
22 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 28.84 4.34 0.10
23 Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii 27.73 1.03 0.05
24 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 23.45 1.90 0.19
25 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 20.21 1.01 0.03