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 Dec. 6 to Dec. 19. Ties are broken by the average group size when seen, any further ties were not broken. Data was collected at 16 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. Blue Jay
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 94%
- Average group size: 7.17
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 94%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 89%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 81%
--- #4. Newfoundland and Labrador: 75%
--- #5. Ontario: 69%

#2. American Crow
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 94%
- Average group size: 2.46
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 94%
--- #2. Newfoundland and Labrador: 58%
--- #2. New Brunswick: 58%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 54%
--- #5. British Columbia: 32%

#3. Black-capped Chickadee
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 88%
- Average group size: 4.53
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 100%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 96%
--- #3. Quebec: 93%
--- #3. Manitoba: 93%
--- #5. Ontario: 89%

#4. Mourning Dove
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 75%
- Average group size: 4.56
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nova Scotia: 79%
--- #2. New Brunswick: 78%
--- #3. Prince Edward Island: 75%
--- #4. Ontario: 70%
--- #5. Quebec: 59%

#5. Dark-eyed Junco
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 69%
- Average group size: 3.04
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 100%
--- #2. British Columbia: 86%
--- #3. Ontario: 84%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 81%
--- #5. Quebec: 72%

#6. American Goldfinch
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 63%
- Average group size: 4.01
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 83%
--- #2. New Brunswick: 78%
--- #3. Nova Scotia: 77%
--- #4. Ontario: 69%
--- #5. Prince Edward Island: 63%

#7. European Starling
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 50%
- Average group size: 3.07
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 50%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 44%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 36%
--- #4. Newfoundland and Labrador: 33%
--- #5. Ontario: 22%

#8. Downy Woodpecker
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 31%
- Average group size: 1.11
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Manitoba: 79%
--- #2. Alberta: 75%
--- #3. Quebec: 71%
--- #4. Ontario: 69%
--- #5. New Brunswick: 67%

#9. Hairy Woodpecker
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 25%
- Average group size: 1.71
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 72%
--- #2. Manitoba: 60%
--- #3. Quebec: 58%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 51%
--- #5. Saskatchewan: 43%

#10. Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 19%
- Average group size: 1.18
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 75%
--- #2. Alberta: 61%
--- #3. Ontario: 51%
--- #4. New Brunswick: 50%
--- #5. British Columbia: 49%

#11. Northern Flicker
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 19%
- Average group size: 1.12
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 75%
--- #2. British Columbia: 57%
--- #3. Alberta: 51%
--- #4. Prince Edward Island: 19%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 19%

#12. Rock Pigeon
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 13%
- Average group size: 8.13
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 25%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 19%
--- #3. Newfoundland and Labrador: 17%
--- #4. Prince Edward Island: 13%
--- #5. Alberta: 9%

#13. Evening Grosbeak
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 13%
- Average group size: 2.9
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 50%
--- #1. New Brunswick: 50%
--- #3. Nova Scotia: 39%
--- #4. Quebec: 21%
--- #5. Saskatchewan: 18%

#14. Boreal Chickadee
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 13%
- Average group size: 2.77
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 13%
--- #2. Alberta: 10%
--- #3. Saskatchewan: 7%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 2%
--- #4. Manitoba: 2%

#15. Common Raven
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 13%
- Average group size: 1.45
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 14%
--- #2. Prince Edward Island: 13%
--- #3. British Columbia: 7%
--- #3. Nova Scotia: 7%
--- #3. Manitoba: 7%

#16. Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 13%
- Average group size: 1.12
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Ontario: 32%
--- #2. New Brunswick: 25%
--- #3. Prince Edward Island: 13%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 9%
--- #5. Manitoba: 5%

#17. Northern Cardinal
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 13%
- Average group size: 1.0
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Ontario: 75%
--- #2. Quebec: 65%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 56%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 47%
--- #5. Prince Edward Island: 13%

#18. Canada Goose
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 6%
- Average group size: 39.0
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 6%
--- #2. New Brunswick: 3%
--- #3. Nova Scotia: 2%

#19. American Robin
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 6%
- Average group size: 1.57
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 17%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 9%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 8%
--- #3. Ontario: 8%
--- #5. Prince Edward Island: 6%

#20. Purple Finch
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 6%
- Average group size: 1.45
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 33%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 12%
--- #3. Prince Edward Island: 6%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 6%
--- #5. British Columbia: 4%