Most commonly seen birds in Prince Edward Island

Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Prince Edward Island using data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Project FeederWatch. Birds are ranked by the percent of sites visited from Feb. 28 to Mar. 13. Ties are broken by the average group size when seen, any further ties were not broken. Data was collected at 13 count sites in Prince Edward Island. Provinces 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 province.

#1. Dark-eyed Junco
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 100%
- Average group size: 5.23
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 100%
--- #2. British Columbia: 93%
--- #3. Newfoundland and Labrador: 92%
--- #4. Ontario: 77%
--- #5. Nova Scotia: 66%

#2. American Crow
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 100%
- Average group size: 2.59
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 100%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 64%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 58%
--- #4. Newfoundland and Labrador: 50%
--- #5. British Columbia: 34%

#3. Blue Jay
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 92%
- Average group size: 7.62
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 92%
--- #2. Manitoba: 80%
--- #3. Newfoundland and Labrador: 75%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 74%
--- #5. New Brunswick: 67%

#4. Mourning Dove
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 92%
- Average group size: 5.31
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 92%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 72%
--- #3. Ontario: 68%
--- #4. New Brunswick: 61%
--- #5. Quebec: 52%

#5. Black-capped Chickadee
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 77%
- Average group size: 4.77
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 100%
--- #2. Manitoba: 96%
--- #3. Nova Scotia: 94%
--- #4. Quebec: 90%
--- #5. Alberta: 86%

#6. American Goldfinch
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 62%
- Average group size: 7.29
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 92%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 85%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 79%
--- #4. Ontario: 65%
--- #5. Prince Edward Island: 62%

#7. European Starling
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 62%
- Average group size: 4.57
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 62%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 43%
--- #3. Ontario: 37%
--- #4. New Brunswick: 27%
--- #5. Quebec: 26%

#8. Downy Woodpecker
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 54%
- Average group size: 1.1
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alberta: 77%
--- #2. Manitoba: 71%
--- #2. Quebec: 71%
--- #4. Ontario: 65%
--- #5. New Brunswick: 61%

#9. Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 23%
- Average group size: 1.0
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 42%
--- #2. Prince Edward Island: 23%
--- #3. Nova Scotia: 15%
--- #4. New Brunswick: 9%
--- #5. Alberta: 3%

#10. Pine Siskin
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 15%
- Average group size: 14.42
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 50%
--- #2. British Columbia: 17%
--- #3. Prince Edward Island: 15%
--- #4. Alberta: 11%
--- #5. New Brunswick: 9%

#11. Purple Finch
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 15%
- Average group size: 3.78
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 33%
--- #2. New Brunswick: 30%
--- #3. Nova Scotia: 23%
--- #4. Prince Edward Island: 15%
--- #5. British Columbia: 12%

#12. American Tree Sparrow
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 15%
- Average group size: 2.64
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 24%
--- #2. Ontario: 23%
--- #3. Prince Edward Island: 15%
--- #3. Quebec: 15%
--- #5. Nova Scotia: 9%

#13. Song Sparrow
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 15%
- Average group size: 1.59
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 68%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 55%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 18%
--- #4. Prince Edward Island: 15%
--- #5. Ontario: 9%

#14. Hairy Woodpecker
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 15%
- Average group size: 1.57
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Manitoba: 64%
--- #2. New Brunswick: 58%
--- #2. Saskatchewan: 58%
--- #4. Quebec: 52%
--- #5. Nova Scotia: 43%

#15. Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 15%
- Average group size: 1.13
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alberta: 58%
--- #2. New Brunswick: 55%
--- #3. Saskatchewan: 54%
--- #4. British Columbia: 49%
--- #5. Ontario: 42%

#16. Ruffed Grouse
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 15%
- Average group size: 1.1
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 15%
--- #2. Newfoundland and Labrador: 8%
--- #3. Saskatchewan: 4%
--- #4. New Brunswick: 3%
--- #5. Nova Scotia: 2%

#17. Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 15%
- Average group size: 1.03
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Ontario: 28%
--- #2. New Brunswick: 18%
--- #3. Prince Edward Island: 15%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 4%
--- #5. Quebec: 2%

#18. Canada Goose
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 8%
- Average group size: 16.15
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 8%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 2%
--- #3. Ontario: 1%

#19. Evening Grosbeak
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 8%
- Average group size: 7.82
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 58%
--- #2. Newfoundland and Labrador: 50%
--- #3. Nova Scotia: 45%
--- #4. Saskatchewan: 17%
--- #5. Quebec: 15%

#20. Rock Pigeon
- Sites visited Feb. 28 to Mar. 13: 8%
- Average group size: 6.44
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 18%
--- #2. Newfoundland and Labrador: 17%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 17%
--- #4. Saskatchewan: 13%
--- #5. Prince Edward Island: 8%