Most commonly seen birds in Mississippi

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March 14, 2023
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Most commonly seen birds in Mississippi

Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Mississippi 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 12 count sites in Mississippi. 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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#42. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 20%
--- #2. Georgia: 16%
--- #3. Tennessee: 15%
--- #4. North Carolina: 14%
--- #5. South Carolina: 13%
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#42. Red-shouldered Hawk (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Florida: 15%
--- #2. North Carolina: 10%
--- #2. Georgia: 10%
--- #2. Oklahoma: 10%
--- #5. Alabama: 9%
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#42. Pileated Woodpecker (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Minnesota: 28%
--- #2. West Virginia: 21%
--- #3. Michigan: 17%
--- #4. Indiana: 16%
--- #4. Wisconsin: 16%
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#42. Orange-crowned Warbler (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Louisiana: 25%
--- #2. Texas: 23%
--- #3. Nevada: 16%
--- #4. Mississippi: 8%
--- #5. California: 7%
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#42. Hairy Woodpecker (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 1.0
- 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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#42. Golden-crowned Kinglet (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Mississippi: 8%
--- #2. Louisiana: 5%
--- #3. Washington: 3%
--- #3. North Carolina: 3%
--- #3. Georgia: 3%
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#42. Black Vulture

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Mississippi: 8%
--- #2. Texas: 3%
--- #3. Kentucky: 2%
--- #4. Florida: 1%
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#41. Song Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 1.08
- 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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#40. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 1.14
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Georgia: 27%
--- #2. Louisiana: 25%
--- #3. South Carolina: 23%
--- #4. Texas: 20%
--- #4. Washington, D.C.: 20%
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#39. White-crowned Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 1.26
- 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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#38. Red-breasted Nuthatch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 1.35
- 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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#37. Pine Warbler

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 1.38
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Georgia: 54%
--- #2. North Carolina: 44%
--- #3. South Carolina: 37%
--- #4. Alabama: 34%
--- #5. Florida: 31%
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#36. Brown-headed Nuthatch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 1.61
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Georgia: 47%
--- #2. North Carolina: 41%
--- #3. South Carolina: 28%
--- #4. Alabama: 20%
--- #5. Mississippi: 8%
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#35. White-winged Dove

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 1.86
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Texas: 72%
--- #2. New Mexico: 60%
--- #3. Louisiana: 35%
--- #4. Oklahoma: 28%
--- #5. Arizona: 24%
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#34. Mallard

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 3.0
- 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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#33. Brewer's Blackbird

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 5.78
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Mississippi: 8%
--- #2. Oregon: 4%
--- #3. Oklahoma: 3%
--- #4. North Carolina: 2%
--- #5. California: 1%
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#32. Turkey Vulture

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 8.45
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Mississippi: 8%
--- #2. Florida: 4%
--- #2. New Jersey: 4%
--- #4. Maryland: 3%
--- #4. Pennsylvania: 3%
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#30. Eastern Phoebe (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 17%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Georgia: 33%
--- #2. Alabama: 18%
--- #2. South Carolina: 18%
--- #4. North Carolina: 17%
--- #4. Mississippi: 17%
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#30. Cooper's Hawk

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 17%
- Average group size: 1.0
- 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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#29. Brown Thrasher

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 17%
- Average group size: 1.03
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. South Carolina: 40%
--- #2. Georgia: 38%
--- #3. North Carolina: 27%
--- #4. Alabama: 23%
--- #5. Louisiana: 20%
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#28. Northern Flicker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 17%
- Average group size: 1.04
- 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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#27. Eastern Towhee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 17%
- Average group size: 1.18
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. North Carolina: 37%
--- #1. Georgia: 37%
--- #3. Tennessee: 34%
--- #4. Alabama: 23%
--- #5. South Carolina: 22%
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#26. Common Ground Dove

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 17%
- Average group size: 1.85
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Florida: 23%
--- #2. Mississippi: 17%
--- #3. Alabama: 5%
--- #4. South Carolina: 4%
--- #4. Georgia: 4%
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#25. Common Grackle

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 17%
- Average group size: 2.3
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Delaware: 65%
--- #2. New Jersey: 60%
--- #3. Washington, D.C.: 40%
--- #4. Ohio: 38%
--- #4. Kentucky: 38%
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#24. American Crow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 17%
- Average group size: 2.77
- 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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#23. Eurasian Collared-Dove

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 17%
- Average group size: 3.74
- 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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#22. American Robin

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 25%
- Average group size: 2.64
- 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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#21. Cedar Waxwing

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 25%
- Average group size: 10.08
- 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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#20. Yellow-rumped Warbler

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 33%
- Average group size: 2.03
- 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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#19. White-throated Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 33%
- Average group size: 3.66
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 80%
--- #2. Arkansas: 79%
--- #3. Delaware: 77%
--- #4. Maryland: 72%
--- #5. Virginia: 69%
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#18. Downy Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 42%
- Average group size: 1.17
- 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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#17. Eastern Bluebird

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 42%
- Average group size: 1.88
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Georgia: 70%
--- #2. North Carolina: 65%
--- #2. South Carolina: 65%
--- #4. Arkansas: 57%
--- #5. Virginia: 52%
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#16. House Finch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 42%
- Average group size: 3.15
- 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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#15. House Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 42%
- Average group size: 5.59
- 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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#14. Brown-headed Cowbird

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 42%
- Average group size: 6.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Louisiana: 50%
--- #2. Mississippi: 42%
--- #3. Delaware: 30%
--- #4. South Carolina: 28%
--- #4. New Jersey: 28%
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#13. Red-winged Blackbird

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 42%
- Average group size: 10.89
- 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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#12. Red-bellied Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 50%
- Average group size: 1.13
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. West Virginia: 88%
--- #2. New Jersey: 86%
--- #3. Arkansas: 82%
--- #4. Connecticut: 80%
--- #5. Ohio: 78%
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#11. Carolina Wren

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 50%
- Average group size: 1.44
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 90%
--- #2. North Carolina: 84%
--- #3. South Carolina: 80%
--- #4. Virginia: 77%
--- #5. Georgia: 75%
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#10. Purple Finch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 50%
- Average group size: 1.88
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Mississippi: 50%
--- #2. Arkansas: 32%
--- #3. Alabama: 27%
--- #4. North Carolina: 25%
--- #5. Missouri: 24%
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#9. Dark-eyed Junco

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 50%
- Average group size: 2.43
- 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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#8. Mourning Dove

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 50%
- Average group size: 3.38
- 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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#7. Chipping Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 50%
- Average group size: 5.89
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Georgia: 59%
--- #2. Mississippi: 50%
--- #3. South Carolina: 45%
--- #4. Louisiana: 40%
--- #5. Alabama: 39%
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#6. Northern Mockingbird

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 58%
- Average group size: 1.18
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Tennessee: 62%
--- #2. Louisiana: 60%
--- #3. Mississippi: 58%
--- #4. Alabama: 55%
--- #5. South Carolina: 53%
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#5. Tufted Titmouse

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 58%
- Average group size: 1.61
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. West Virginia: 91%
--- #1. Connecticut: 91%
--- #3. New Hampshire: 90%
--- #4. North Carolina: 86%
--- #5. Tennessee: 84%
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#4. Carolina Chickadee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 58%
- Average group size: 1.76
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. South Carolina: 87%
--- #2. Arkansas: 86%
--- #3. Georgia: 84%
--- #4. Oklahoma: 79%
--- #5. North Carolina: 77%
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#3. Blue Jay

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 58%
- Average group size: 2.17
- 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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#2. American Goldfinch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 58%
- Average group size: 9.76
- 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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#1. Northern Cardinal

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 83%
- Average group size: 3.38
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 100%
--- #2. Arkansas: 96%
--- #3. Maryland: 95%
--- #3. South Carolina: 95%
--- #5. West Virginia: 93%

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