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LEAST Common Illinois BACKYARD Feeder Birds
Mark Wehmhoefer. All Rights Reserved.
Based on the 5 years of Project FeederWatch statistics these are the least
common birds reported at bird feeders in Illinois.
Each of these birds were reported to be seen at 29 percent or less of the
bird feeders where statistics were reported over a 5 year period.
Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperii ( Accipiter cooperii)
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea)
Statistics were taken from Project FeederWatch
information. Project FeederWatch is a winter-long survey of birds that visit feeders at
backyards, nature centers, community areas, and other locales in North
America. Project FeederWatch watchers periodically count the highest numbers of each
species they see at their feeders from November through early April.
Project FeederWatch helps scientists track broad scale movements of winter bird
populations and long-term trends in bird distribution and abundance.
Project FeederWatch is operated by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in partnership with the
National Audubon Society, Bird Studies Canada, and Canadian Nature
Federation.
Statistics for each year of Illinois
Project FeederWatch :
Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2003-2004
Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2002-2003
Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2001-2002
Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 2000-2001
Top 25 Most Frequently Reported Feeder Birds, winter 1999-2000
About the author: Mark Wehmhoefer is the webmaster of Wild Birding -
http://www.wildbrding.com, a birding
web site with Beginner articles, information and extensive web links for
backyard wild birding and wild birding in nature.
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