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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2010-11

Mid-Atlantic Region

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A total of 975 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 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 97.95 3.32 2.62
2 Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee Poecile carolinensis/atricapillus 97.64 2.11 1.77
3 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 96.51 4.13 2.63
4 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 95.90 5.36 3.51
5 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 94.87 2.16 1.59
6 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 91.49 1.49 0.98
7 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 89.85 2.40 1.13
8 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 88.31 4.32 2.12
9 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 88.10 1.34 0.74
10 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 87.38 3.74 1.91
11 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 86.46 1.15 0.60
12 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 82.87 3.65 1.76
13 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 81.74 1.28 0.51
14 American Robin Turdus migratorius 67.18 3.04 0.35
15 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 66.05 5.09 1.37
16 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 62.97 5.86 0.55
17 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 62.56 1.43 0.33
18 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 62.46 3.92 0.56
19 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 54.05 2.62 0.35
20 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 48.82 4.95 0.36
21 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 48.51 3.60 0.21
22 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 46.15 1.17 0.16
23 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 42.87 1.09 0.11
24 Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii 37.33 1.02 0.06
25 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 37.23 2.51 0.18