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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2011-12

Mid-Atlantic Region

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A total of 898 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 Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee Poecile carolinensis/atricapillus 97.66 2.11 1.70
2 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 97.22 2.93 2.26
3 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 95.55 2.15 1.55
4 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 94.88 4.10 2.61
5 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 93.54 4.06 2.29
6 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 92.20 1.52 1.00
7 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 87.86 3.64 1.85
8 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 87.42 1.19 0.65
9 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 84.97 2.26 0.98
10 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 84.74 1.37 0.67
11 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 80.96 1.30 0.50
12 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 80.85 3.48 1.18
13 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 79.40 3.19 1.36
14 American Robin Turdus migratorius 75.50 3.06 0.50
15 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 64.92 5.32 1.36
16 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 64.92 4.12 0.60
17 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 58.24 1.42 0.28
18 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 57.91 4.83 0.39
19 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 53.34 2.55 0.34
20 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 49.33 3.29 0.19
21 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 48.00 3.73 0.27
22 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 44.32 1.20 0.16
23 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 41.20 1.11 0.12
24 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 34.63 2.19 0.16
25 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 34.52 1.21 0.07