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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2006-07

New England Region

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A total of 741 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 98.52 2.98 2.56
2 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 97.30 5.72 3.63
3 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 95.95 3.34 2.18
4 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 95.41 5.18 3.26
5 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 94.47 1.75 1.28
6 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 91.77 2.35 1.66
7 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 91.50 1.48 0.95
8 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 91.36 2.39 1.41
9 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 88.12 5.05 2.31
10 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 66.40 1.28 0.40
11 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 65.59 3.30 0.86
12 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 62.48 2.58 0.47
13 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 57.35 1.17 0.32
14 American Robin Turdus migratorius 57.22 2.24 0.21
15 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 56.41 5.77 1.16
16 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 55.47 4.30 0.51
17 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 52.50 3.43 0.75
18 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 51.01 4.48 0.23
19 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 50.47 5.24 0.26
20 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 50.34 1.65 0.22
21 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 46.96 1.23 0.20
22 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 34.01 2.60 0.23
23 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 33.20 3.79 0.12
24 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 32.66 2.29 0.11
25 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 29.28 1.18 0.07