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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2007-08

North Atlantic Region

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A total of 505 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 99.60 4.69 4.15
2 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 91.49 3.70 1.86
3 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 87.13 1.44 0.76
4 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 84.36 6.23 2.67
5 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 83.76 1.57 0.80
6 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 80.79 4.19 1.26
7 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 79.60 5.21 1.34
8 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 78.02 12.77 2.09
9 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 74.65 2.71 0.71
10 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 65.94 1.46 0.48
11 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 65.35 1.39 0.49
12 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 58.81 4.86 0.74
13 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 44.95 1.93 0.37
14 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 43.37 2.67 0.27
15 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator 37.62 6.59 0.43
16 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 36.04 4.89 0.20
17 American Robin Turdus migratorius 32.48 2.67 0.07
18 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 31.09 1.54 0.09
19 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 30.89 8.15 0.25
20 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 30.10 2.65 0.06
21 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 27.72 7.41 0.45
22 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 27.52 1.01 0.03
23 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 27.33 3.70 0.06
24 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 24.16 2.52 0.07
25 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 23.37 3.46 0.19