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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2011-12

Great Lakes Region

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A total of 1,334 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 97.23 3.28 2.62
2 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 92.20 4.42 2.11
3 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 90.85 6.97 3.50
4 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 88.76 1.61 0.91
5 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 87.63 2.83 1.24
6 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 87.33 3.98 1.83
7 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 77.06 2.31 0.99
8 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 74.06 1.46 0.58
9 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 66.49 1.43 0.46
10 American Robin Turdus migratorius 64.62 2.00 0.17
11 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 63.94 3.83 0.92
12 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 58.70 4.46 0.52
13 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 57.95 7.17 1.46
14 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 53.30 2.25 0.29
15 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 49.25 4.40 0.18
16 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 48.73 3.37 0.17
17 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 46.18 3.23 0.34
18 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 42.58 1.44 0.22
19 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 42.13 1.18 0.24
20 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 40.18 2.74 0.15
21 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 35.98 6.44 0.32
22 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 33.58 1.47 0.06
23 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 32.68 3.46 0.09
24 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 29.76 9.17 0.29
25 Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii 27.51 1.01 0.04