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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2010-11

Great Lakes Region

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A total of 1,403 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 98.29 3.82 3.23
2 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 89.95 6.53 3.02
3 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 88.74 1.70 1.00
4 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 88.03 4.53 2.12
5 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 87.74 3.04 1.39
6 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 85.89 4.75 2.20
7 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 80.40 1.47 0.69
8 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 79.19 2.72 1.26
9 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 68.85 1.48 0.52
10 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 62.08 3.95 0.90
11 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 60.01 4.16 0.52
12 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 59.52 2.26 0.32
13 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 57.59 1.40 0.37
14 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 56.74 7.20 1.44
15 American Robin Turdus migratorius 54.38 1.94 0.12
16 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 49.68 3.72 0.54
17 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 46.76 3.67 0.15
18 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 45.90 11.62 0.59
19 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 44.12 3.73 0.15
20 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 43.41 1.20 0.25
21 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 35.85 4.93 0.28
22 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 31.29 1.41 0.06
23 Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii 30.08 1.02 0.05
24 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 27.16 2.62 0.10
25 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 24.80 3.22 0.07