Most commonly seen birds in Idaho

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March 14, 2023
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Most commonly seen birds in Idaho

Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Idaho 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 42 count sites in Idaho. 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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#45. Yellow-rumped Warbler (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Louisiana: 70%
--- #2. South Carolina: 68%
--- #3. Florida: 66%
--- #3. Georgia: 66%
--- #5. North Carolina: 58%
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#45. Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 1.0
- 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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#45. Ruffed Grouse

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alaska: 7%
--- #2. Montana: 2%
--- #2. Idaho: 2%
--- #4. Wisconsin: 1%
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#44. Juniper Titmouse

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 1.09
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Mexico: 39%
--- #2. Utah: 10%
--- #3. Arizona: 5%
--- #4. Idaho: 2%
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#43. Great Horned Owl

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 1.25
- 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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#42. Western Screech-Owl

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 1.39
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Idaho: 2%
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#41. Pine Grosbeak

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 2.0
- 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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#40. Chestnut-backed Chickadee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 2.07
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington: 48%
--- #2. Oregon: 39%
--- #3. California: 37%
--- #4. Alaska: 3%
--- #5. Montana: 2%
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#39. Mallard

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 2.53
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Mississippi: 8%
--- #2. Utah: 7%
--- #2. Rhode Island: 7%
--- #4. South Dakota: 5%
--- #4. Louisiana: 5%
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#38. Wild Turkey

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 5.02
- 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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#37. Pinyon Jay

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 33.0
- 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. Merlin

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 5%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Idaho: 5%
--- #2. Oregon: 2%
--- #3. Arizona: 1%
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#35. Red-tailed Hawk

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 5%
- Average group size: 1.04
- 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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#34. Varied Thrush

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 5%
- Average group size: 1.08
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington: 44%
--- #2. Oregon: 35%
--- #3. Alaska: 7%
--- #4. Idaho: 5%
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#33. Ring-necked Pheasant

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 5%
- Average group size: 1.32
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Minnesota: 5%
--- #1. South Dakota: 5%
--- #1. Idaho: 5%
--- #4. Montana: 4%
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#32. White-breasted Nuthatch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 5%
- Average group size: 1.57
- 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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#31. Pygmy Nuthatch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 5%
- Average group size: 2.21
- 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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#30. American Tree Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 5%
- Average group size: 2.54
- 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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#29. White-crowned Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 5%
- Average group size: 4.75
- 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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#28. Townsend's Solitaire

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 1.16
- 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. American Crow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 2.5
- 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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#26. Steller's Jay

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 2.54
- 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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#25. Evening Grosbeak

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 6.28
- 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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#24. Cooper's Hawk

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 10%
- Average group size: 1.1
- 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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#23. Spotted Towhee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 10%
- Average group size: 1.69
- 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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#22. Cassin's Finch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 10%
- Average group size: 2.06
- 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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#21. Pine Siskin

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 10%
- Average group size: 2.77
- 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. Sharp-shinned Hawk

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 12%
- 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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#19. Hairy Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 17%
- Average group size: 1.22
- 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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#18. Mountain Chickadee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 17%
- Average group size: 1.46
- 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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#17. Mourning Dove

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 19%
- Average group size: 4.05
- 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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#16. California Quail

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 19%
- Average group size: 10.79
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nevada: 21%
--- #2. Idaho: 19%
--- #3. Utah: 17%
--- #4. California: 11%
--- #5. Oregon: 9%
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#15. Song Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 24%
- Average group size: 1.39
- 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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#14. Lesser Goldfinch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 24%
- Average group size: 4.42
- 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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#13. European Starling

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 24%
- Average group size: 5.24
- 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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#12. Red-winged Blackbird

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 24%
- Average group size: 5.42
- 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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#11. Downy Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 29%
- Average group size: 1.14
- 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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#10. Red-breasted Nuthatch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 29%
- Average group size: 1.49
- 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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#9. Black-billed Magpie

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 29%
- Average group size: 2.66
- 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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#8. American Robin

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 38%
- Average group size: 2.87
- 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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#7. American Goldfinch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 43%
- Average group size: 4.8
- 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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#6. House Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 45%
- Average group size: 10.05
- 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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#5. Eurasian Collared-Dove

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 48%
- Average group size: 4.12
- 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: 57%
- Average group size: 1.47
- 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: 62%
- Average group size: 2.33
- 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. House Finch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 69%
- Average group size: 9.24
- 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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#1. Dark-eyed Junco

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 74%
- Average group size: 4.91
- 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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