Most Commonly Seen Birds in Montana

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Most commonly seen birds in Montana

Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Montana 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 46 count sites in Montana. 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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#40. Cooper's Hawk

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- 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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#39. Ruffed Grouse

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 1.3
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alaska: 7%
--- #2. Montana: 2%
--- #2. Idaho: 2%
--- #4. Wisconsin: 1%

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#38. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 1.95
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Wyoming: 6%
--- #2. Montana: 2%

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#37. Pygmy Nuthatch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 2.03
- 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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#36. American Robin

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 2.18
- 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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#35. Chestnut-backed Chickadee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 2.66
- 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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#34. Pinyon Jay

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 36.52
- 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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#33. Bohemian Waxwing

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 46.56
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alaska: 3%
--- #2. Montana: 2%
--- #3. Colorado: 1%

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#32. Sharp-shinned Hawk

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 1.0
- 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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#31. Townsend's Solitaire

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 1.05
- 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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#30. Ring-necked Pheasant

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 1.37
- 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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#29. Cassin's Finch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 2.91
- 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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#28. Canada Jay

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 3.19
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alaska: 28%
--- #2. Montana: 4%
--- #3. Maine: 1%

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#27. Red Crossbill

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 3.67
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alaska: 7%
--- #1. Montana: 7%
--- #3. Colorado: 2%
--- #4. Washington: 1%

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#26. European Starling

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 4.35
- 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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#25. Evening Grosbeak

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 4.79
- 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. Wild Turkey

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 6.03
- 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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#23. Pileated Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 9%
- Average group size: 1.31
- 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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#22. Red-winged Blackbird

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 9%
- Average group size: 3.32
- 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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#21. American Tree Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 9%
- Average group size: 4.41
- 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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#20. Blue Jay

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 11%
- Average group size: 2.11
- 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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#19. Clark's Nutcracker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 11%
- Average group size: 2.62
- 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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#18. American Crow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 11%
- Average group size: 3.17
- 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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#17. Steller's Jay

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 13%
- Average group size: 1.79
- 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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#16. Pine Siskin

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 13%
- Average group size: 2.91
- 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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#15. Mourning Dove

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

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 17%
- Average group size: 1.18
- 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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#13. White-breasted Nuthatch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 22%
- Average group size: 1.34
- 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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#12. American Goldfinch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 28%
- Average group size: 5.06
- 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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#11. House Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 30%
- Average group size: 8.67
- 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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#10. Mountain Chickadee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 33%
- Average group size: 1.86
- 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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#9. Hairy Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 37%
- Average group size: 1.26
- 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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#8. Eurasian Collared-Dove

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 43%
- Average group size: 3.09
- 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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#7. Red-breasted Nuthatch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 54%
- Average group size: 1.55
- 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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#6. House Finch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 54%
- Average group size: 7.28
- 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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#5. Dark-eyed Junco

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 57%
- Average group size: 4.29
- 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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#4. Downy Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 63%
- Average group size: 1.34
- 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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#3. Black-billed Magpie

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 63%
- Average group size: 2.3
- 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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#2. Northern Flicker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 65%
- Average group size: 1.65
- 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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#1. Black-capped Chickadee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 87%
- Average group size: 3.6
- 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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