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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2007-08

Great Lakes Region

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A total of 1,431 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 97.06 3.58 2.71
2 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 89.45 1.70 1.00
3 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 88.47 5.05 2.59
4 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 86.58 5.11 2.40
5 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 86.16 3.01 1.26
6 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 83.72 1.53 0.84
7 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 81.76 6.04 2.19
8 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 79.80 2.91 1.32
9 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 70.09 1.51 0.57
10 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 68.69 1.55 0.55
11 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 62.19 4.33 0.93
12 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 60.24 7.89 1.58
13 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 58.35 4.63 0.54
14 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 56.25 9.64 0.95
15 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 54.30 2.35 0.28
16 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 46.26 3.55 0.43
17 American Robin Turdus migratorius 43.68 2.09 0.08
18 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 41.58 1.20 0.24
19 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 39.20 3.35 0.10
20 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 35.43 4.01 0.10
21 Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii 29.07 1.02 0.05
22 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 24.39 1.02 0.04
23 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 23.62 2.70 0.09
24 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 22.15 1.99 0.20
25 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 20.96 1.53 0.04