Most commonly seen birds in Colorado

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March 14, 2023
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Most commonly seen birds in Colorado

Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Colorado using data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Project FeederWatch. Birds are ranked by the percent of sites visited from Feb 18-Mar 3. Ties are broken by the average group size when seen, any further ties were not broken. Data was collected at 256 count sites in Colorado. States with less than 10 count sites were not included in rankings for each bird.

Project FeederWatch, a citizen science project where participants collect data on birds at their feeders, was founded in Ontario by Erica Dunn and the Long Point Bird Observatory in 1976. The project partnered with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology after 10 years to scale the project across the U.S. and Canada and now has over 20,000 participants.

The data Project FeederWatch collects is used by scientists to understand trends in bird populations. If you would like to participate as a FeederWatcher you can learn more about the project here.

Read on to see which birds are most commonly seen in your state.

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#50. Harris's Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 1%
- Average group size: 1.15
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Kansas: 31%
--- #2. Oklahoma: 24%
--- #3. Nebraska: 15%
--- #4. Iowa: 8%
--- #5. Texas: 6%
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#49. Great Horned Owl

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 1%
- Average group size: 1.31
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. South Dakota: 5%
--- #2. Oklahoma: 3%
--- #2. Utah: 3%
--- #4. Idaho: 2%
--- #5. California: 1%
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#48. Canyon Towhee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 1%
- Average group size: 1.47
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Mexico: 40%
--- #2. Arizona: 21%
--- #3. Colorado: 1%
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#47. Pine Grosbeak

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 1%
- Average group size: 4.13
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alaska: 24%
--- #2. Minnesota: 7%
--- #3. Michigan: 2%
--- #3. Maine: 2%
--- #3. Idaho: 2%
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#46. Gambel's Quail

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 1%
- Average group size: 6.33
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Arizona: 54%
--- #2. New Mexico: 9%
--- #3. Nevada: 5%
--- #4. Utah: 3%
--- #5. Colorado: 1%
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#45. Bohemian Waxwing

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 1%
- Average group size: 9.5
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alaska: 3%
--- #2. Montana: 2%
--- #3. Colorado: 1%
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#44. Sharp-shinned Hawk

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 1.01
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Idaho: 12%
--- #2. Nevada: 11%
--- #3. Rhode Island: 10%
--- #4. Oklahoma: 7%
--- #4. New Mexico: 7%
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#43. Brown Creeper

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 1.03
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Maine: 15%
--- #2. New Hampshire: 13%
--- #3. Washington, D.C.: 10%
--- #3. Oklahoma: 10%
--- #3. South Dakota: 10%
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#42. Lewis's Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 1.1
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Mexico: 7%
--- #2. Colorado: 2%
--- #3. Arizona: 1%
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#41. Clark's Nutcracker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 1.55
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Montana: 11%
--- #2. Nevada: 5%
--- #3. Colorado: 2%
--- #4. New Mexico: 1%
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#40. Common Raven

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 2.04
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alaska: 31%
--- #2. New Mexico: 18%
--- #3. Nevada: 16%
--- #4. Arizona: 15%
--- #5. California: 8%
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#39. Red Crossbill

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 3.15
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alaska: 7%
--- #1. Montana: 7%
--- #3. Colorado: 2%
--- #4. Washington: 1%
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#38. Cedar Waxwing

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 4.68
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Mississippi: 25%
--- #2. Texas: 20%
--- #3. Georgia: 19%
--- #4. Louisiana: 15%
--- #5. South Carolina: 12%
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#37. Pinyon Jay

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 13.43
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Mexico: 7%
--- #2. Nevada: 5%
--- #3. Utah: 3%
--- #4. Montana: 2%
--- #4. Idaho: 2%
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#36. Wild Turkey

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 3%
- Average group size: 6.68
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Maine: 21%
--- #2. New Hampshire: 15%
--- #3. Wisconsin: 12%
--- #3. Minnesota: 12%
--- #5. Wyoming: 11%
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#35. Cooper's Hawk

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 1.01
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nevada: 32%
--- #2. Arizona: 26%
--- #3. New Mexico: 18%
--- #4. Illinois: 17%
--- #4. Mississippi: 17%
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#34. Red-tailed Hawk

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 6%
- Average group size: 1.09
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Connecticut: 10%
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 10%
--- #3. Oklahoma: 7%
--- #3. Illinois: 7%
--- #5. Missouri: 6%
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#33. Rock Pigeon

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 6%
- Average group size: 6.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nevada: 32%
--- #2. Arizona: 18%
--- #3. New Mexico: 16%
--- #4. South Dakota: 14%
--- #5. Colorado: 6%
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#32. Evening Grosbeak

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 5.55
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Mexico: 21%
--- #2. Vermont: 10%
--- #2. Arizona: 10%
--- #4. New Hampshire: 9%
--- #5. Idaho: 7%
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#31. Lesser Goldfinch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 3.59
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nevada: 68%
--- #2. California: 66%
--- #3. Arizona: 57%
--- #4. Oregon: 55%
--- #5. Utah: 45%
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#30. Song Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 9%
- Average group size: 1.59
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 70%
--- #2. Washington: 59%
--- #3. Oregon: 56%
--- #4. Rhode Island: 50%
--- #5. Delaware: 47%
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#29. American Tree Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 10%
- Average group size: 2.67
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Wisconsin: 25%
--- #2. Iowa: 23%
--- #2. Vermont: 23%
--- #4. Wyoming: 22%
--- #4. Michigan: 22%
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#28. Townsend's Solitaire

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 11%
- Average group size: 1.06
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Mexico: 19%
--- #2. Nevada: 11%
--- #2. Colorado: 11%
--- #2. Wyoming: 11%
--- #5. Utah: 7%
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#27. White-crowned Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 12%
- Average group size: 2.77
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nevada: 74%
--- #2. California: 67%
--- #3. Arizona: 59%
--- #4. New Mexico: 36%
--- #5. Utah: 21%
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#26. Mourning Dove

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 12%
- Average group size: 3.37
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 100%
--- #2. New Jersey: 90%
--- #3. West Virginia: 88%
--- #3. Delaware: 88%
--- #5. Rhode Island: 87%
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#25. Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 13%
- Average group size: 2.34
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Utah: 59%
--- #2. New Mexico: 58%
--- #3. Arizona: 18%
--- #4. Colorado: 13%
--- #5. Texas: 2%
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#24. Steller's Jay

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 18%
- Average group size: 2.77
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Oregon: 44%
--- #1. Washington: 44%
--- #3. Nevada: 21%
--- #4. Colorado: 18%
--- #5. California: 17%
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#23. Pygmy Nuthatch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 18%
- Average group size: 3.98
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Colorado: 18%
--- #2. California: 10%
--- #3. Arizona: 9%
--- #4. Oregon: 6%
--- #5. Nevada: 5%
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#22. Hairy Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 19%
- Average group size: 1.33
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Hampshire: 69%
--- #2. Maine: 67%
--- #3. Minnesota: 63%
--- #3. Vermont: 63%
--- #5. Connecticut: 61%
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#21. Pine Siskin

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 20%
- Average group size: 4.53
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Mexico: 49%
--- #2. Maine: 20%
--- #2. Colorado: 20%
--- #4. Arizona: 16%
--- #5. Montana: 13%
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#20. American Crow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 21%
- Average group size: 3.13
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Maine: 49%
--- #2. Oklahoma: 45%
--- #3. North Carolina: 39%
--- #4. Vermont: 37%
--- #5. Georgia: 34%
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#19. Red-winged Blackbird

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 21%
- Average group size: 6.71
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Delaware: 60%
--- #2. New Jersey: 56%
--- #3. New York: 48%
--- #4. Louisiana: 45%
--- #4. Illinois: 45%
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#18. Cassin's Finch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 22%
- Average group size: 3.71
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nevada: 32%
--- #2. Arizona: 27%
--- #3. New Mexico: 25%
--- #4. Colorado: 22%
--- #5. Wyoming: 17%
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#17. House Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 26%
- Average group size: 4.47
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 100%
--- #2. Iowa: 88%
--- #3. Illinois: 87%
--- #4. Nebraska: 79%
--- #5. Indiana: 74%
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#16. Mountain Chickadee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 27%
- Average group size: 2.04
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Mexico: 42%
--- #2. Montana: 33%
--- #3. Nevada: 32%
--- #4. Wyoming: 28%
--- #5. Colorado: 27%
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#15. Bushtit

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 27%
- Average group size: 6.47
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Mexico: 43%
--- #2. Oregon: 40%
--- #3. Washington: 29%
--- #4. Colorado: 27%
--- #5. Nevada: 26%
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#14. Red-breasted Nuthatch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 30%
- Average group size: 1.26
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Maine: 69%
--- #2. South Dakota: 57%
--- #3. Alaska: 55%
--- #4. Montana: 54%
--- #5. Oregon: 45%
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#13. Spotted Towhee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 30%
- Average group size: 1.53
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington: 71%
--- #2. Oregon: 60%
--- #3. Nevada: 53%
--- #4. New Mexico: 52%
--- #5. Utah: 48%
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#12. European Starling

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 30%
- Average group size: 3.81
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 90%
--- #2. Nebraska: 67%
--- #3. Indiana: 66%
--- #4. Ohio: 62%
--- #4. Missouri: 62%
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#11. American Goldfinch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 33%
- Average group size: 3.58
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. West Virginia: 77%
--- #2. Oklahoma: 76%
--- #2. Wisconsin: 76%
--- #4. Michigan: 74%
--- #5. Missouri: 73%
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#10. White-breasted Nuthatch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 36%
- Average group size: 1.29
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. West Virginia: 93%
--- #2. Maine: 85%
--- #2. Vermont: 85%
--- #4. Connecticut: 84%
--- #4. Massachusetts: 84%
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#9. Blue Jay

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 36%
- Average group size: 1.97
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Rhode Island: 87%
--- #2. Massachusetts: 77%
--- #3. New Jersey: 76%
--- #4. Nebraska: 73%
--- #4. Ohio: 73%
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#8. Black-billed Magpie

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 41%
- Average group size: 2.24
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Montana: 63%
--- #2. Alaska: 48%
--- #3. Colorado: 41%
--- #4. Wyoming: 39%
--- #5. Utah: 34%
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#7. Downy Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 43%
- Average group size: 1.18
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 90%
--- #2. Minnesota: 89%
--- #2. Arkansas: 89%
--- #4. Missouri: 88%
--- #4. Iowa: 88%
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#6. American Robin

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 46%
- Average group size: 1.94
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 70%
--- #2. Arkansas: 64%
--- #3. Tennessee: 59%
--- #4. Nevada: 58%
--- #5. Oklahoma: 55%
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#5. Eurasian Collared-Dove

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 48%
- Average group size: 2.37
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Utah: 69%
--- #2. South Dakota: 67%
--- #3. Wyoming: 61%
--- #4. Idaho: 48%
--- #4. Colorado: 48%
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#4. Northern Flicker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 66%
- Average group size: 1.49
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Utah: 79%
--- #2. Colorado: 66%
--- #3. Montana: 65%
--- #4. Washington: 63%
--- #4. Nevada: 63%
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#3. Black-capped Chickadee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 68%
- Average group size: 1.92
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Maine: 97%
--- #2. Minnesota: 96%
--- #3. Vermont: 94%
--- #4. Rhode Island: 93%
--- #5. New Hampshire: 92%
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#2. Dark-eyed Junco

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 80%
- Average group size: 3.19
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Oregon: 96%
--- #2. Washington: 94%
--- #3. New Jersey: 93%
--- #3. Rhode Island: 93%
--- #5. Connecticut: 92%
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#1. House Finch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 86%
- Average group size: 5.68
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Utah: 97%
--- #2. Arizona: 94%
--- #3. New Mexico: 90%
--- #4. Ohio: 87%
--- #5. Colorado: 86%
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