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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2009-10

North Central Region

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A total of 358 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 96.09 3.57 2.93
2 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 91.06 1.78 1.22
3 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 84.36 4.39 1.45
4 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 83.80 2.92 1.26
5 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 82.40 1.62 0.92
6 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 82.12 1.49 0.72
7 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 75.98 6.87 2.50
8 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 58.38 8.47 1.82
9 American Robin Turdus migratorius 56.70 2.05 0.20
10 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 55.87 3.35 0.65
11 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 50.00 2.41 0.66
12 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 48.60 2.03 0.26
13 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 47.77 1.52 0.38
14 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 45.53 1.19 0.30
15 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 41.34 3.14 0.22
16 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 40.22 2.77 0.29
17 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 39.39 1.24 0.13
18 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 37.71 4.29 0.36
19 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 35.75 3.29 0.26
20 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 30.17 3.16 0.17
21 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 28.77 3.00 0.08
22 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 25.42 1.15 0.07
23 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 25.14 3.50 0.08
24 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 24.86 7.49 0.17
25 Brown Creeper Certhia americana 17.32 1.02 0.04