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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2012-13

Great Lakes Region

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A total of 1,582 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 97.94 3.61 2.94
2 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 90.64 1.63 0.93
3 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 86.85 5.35 2.29
4 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 85.72 4.38 1.98
5 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 85.59 4.65 2.29
6 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 84.99 2.86 1.20
7 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 84.59 1.46 0.74
8 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 83.86 2.65 1.35
9 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 73.71 1.48 0.57
10 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 67.20 1.47 0.48
11 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 65.67 10.54 1.49
12 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 62.75 3.86 0.90
13 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 58.50 4.39 0.52
14 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 58.43 7.44 1.53
15 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 52.19 2.23 0.25
16 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 49.27 1.19 0.29
17 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 45.02 3.40 0.43
18 American Robin Turdus migratorius 41.77 1.80 0.07
19 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 39.11 3.59 0.11
20 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 39.04 3.75 0.12
21 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 33.00 5.17 0.28
22 Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii 32.20 1.02 0.05
23 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 26.10 2.58 0.09
24 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 24.44 1.99 0.21
25 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 21.18 1.01 0.02