Top 25 Feeder Birds

2008-09

North Central Region

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A total of 351 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	96.58	3.61	2.89
2	Downy Woodpecker	Dryobates pubescens	93.16	1.83	1.28
3	White-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis	85.47	1.61	0.92
4	Blue Jay	Cyanocitta cristata	83.48	3.02	1.31
5	Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis	81.77	4.69	1.59
6	Hairy Woodpecker	Dryobates villosus	80.06	1.50	0.73
7	Redpoll (Common)	Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica	77.78	12.18	1.97
8	American Goldfinch	Spinus tristis	69.52	5.53	1.59
9	Pine Siskin	Spinus pinus	65.24	7.03	1.35
10	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	60.97	8.67	1.82
11	House Finch	Haemorhous mexicanus	59.54	4.06	0.80
12	American Robin	Turdus migratorius	51.00	2.70	0.17
13	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	51.00	2.51	0.69
14	American Crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos	49.00	2.23	0.25
15	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus	47.01	1.22	0.29
16	Purple Finch	Haemorhous purpureus	39.32	2.77	0.19
17	Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	36.75	3.25	0.31
18	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	35.90	3.45	0.24
19	Pileated Woodpecker	Dryocopus pileatus	35.04	1.31	0.12
20	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta canadensis	30.48	1.54	0.17
21	American Tree Sparrow	Spizelloides arborea	30.20	3.55	0.19
22	Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	24.79	3.66	0.06
23	Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula	23.65	3.61	0.07
24	Northern Flicker	Colaptes auratus	22.79	1.20	0.07
25	Cedar Waxwing	Bombycilla cedrorum	17.95	5.75	0.06

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