Most commonly seen birds in Saskatchewan
Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Saskatchewan 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 28 count sites in Saskatchewan. 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. Black-capped Chickadee
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 86%
- Average group size: 3.16
- 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%
#2. Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 75%
- Average group size: 1.48
- 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%
#3. House Sparrow
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 68%
- Average group size: 10.09
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 68%
--- #2. Alberta: 54%
--- #3. Manitoba: 47%
--- #4. Ontario: 36%
--- #5. Quebec: 29%
#4. Downy Woodpecker
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 64%
- Average group size: 1.27
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Manitoba: 79%
--- #2. Alberta: 75%
--- #3. Quebec: 71%
--- #4. Ontario: 69%
--- #5. New Brunswick: 67%
#5. Blue Jay
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 46%
- Average group size: 2.85
- 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%
#6. Hairy Woodpecker
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 43%
- Average group size: 1.44
- 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%
#7. Black-billed Magpie
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 36%
- Average group size: 1.81
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alberta: 67%
--- #2. Saskatchewan: 36%
--- #3. Manitoba: 18%
--- #4. British Columbia: 6%
#8. White-breasted Nuthatch
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 32%
- Average group size: 1.26
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Manitoba: 70%
--- #2. Quebec: 66%
--- #3. Ontario: 60%
--- #3. Nova Scotia: 60%
--- #5. New Brunswick: 50%
#9. House Finch
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 25%
- Average group size: 6.43
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 54%
--- #2. Alberta: 47%
--- #3. Ontario: 40%
--- #4. Manitoba: 30%
--- #4. Quebec: 30%
#10. Redpoll
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 25%
- Average group size: 4.34
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 25%
--- #2. Alberta: 17%
--- #3. Manitoba: 5%
--- #4. British Columbia: 3%
--- #5. Quebec: 2%
#11. Pine Grosbeak
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 25%
- Average group size: 4.08
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 25%
--- #2. Manitoba: 21%
--- #3. Alberta: 19%
--- #4. New Brunswick: 8%
--- #5. Quebec: 6%
#12. Dark-eyed Junco
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 25%
- Average group size: 2.7
- 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%
#13. Evening Grosbeak
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 18%
- Average group size: 14.82
- 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. Gray Partridge
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 11%
- Average group size: 6.52
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 11%
--- #2. Alberta: 1%
#15. Pine Siskin
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 11%
- Average group size: 2.67
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 11%
--- #2. Newfoundland and Labrador: 8%
--- #2. New Brunswick: 8%
--- #4. British Columbia: 4%
--- #4. Alberta: 4%
#16. Northern Flicker
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 11%
- Average group size: 1.14
- 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%
#17. Bohemian Waxwing
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 7%
- Average group size: 6.43
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alberta: 7%
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 7%
#18. Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 7%
- Average group size: 2.94
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 11%
--- #2. Saskatchewan: 7%
--- #3. Manitoba: 4%
--- #3. Alberta: 4%
#19. Boreal Chickadee
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 7%
- Average group size: 1.4
- 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%
#20. American Crow
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 7%
- Average group size: 1.21
- 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%
