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 Jan. 3 to Jan. 16. 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 Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 82%
- Average group size: 3.35
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Manitoba: 97%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 96%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 95%
--- #4. Quebec: 94%
--- #5. Newfoundland and Labrador: 90%
#2. Downy Woodpecker
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 68%
- Average group size: 1.3
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Quebec: 75%
--- #2. Ontario: 69%
--- #3. Alberta: 68%
--- #3. Manitoba: 68%
--- #3. Saskatchewan: 68%
#3. Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 64%
- Average group size: 1.53
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 64%
--- #2. Alberta: 58%
--- #3. Ontario: 50%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 50%
--- #5. British Columbia: 45%
#4. House Sparrow
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 54%
- Average group size: 11.56
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alberta: 55%
--- #2. Saskatchewan: 54%
--- #3. Manitoba: 52%
--- #4. Ontario: 31%
--- #5. Quebec: 29%
#5. Hairy Woodpecker
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 50%
- Average group size: 1.43
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 67%
--- #2. Quebec: 58%
--- #3. Manitoba: 53%
--- #4. Saskatchewan: 50%
--- #5. Nova Scotia: 45%
#6. Blue Jay
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 46%
- Average group size: 2.98
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 93%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 80%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 76%
--- #4. Manitoba: 65%
--- #5. Alberta: 64%
#7. White-breasted Nuthatch
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 39%
- Average group size: 1.19
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Manitoba: 74%
--- #2. Quebec: 66%
--- #3. Ontario: 60%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 57%
--- #5. New Brunswick: 55%
#8. Redpoll
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 36%
- Average group size: 5.69
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 36%
--- #2. Manitoba: 31%
--- #3. Alberta: 25%
--- #4. New Brunswick: 10%
--- #4. Newfoundland and Labrador: 10%
#9. Pine Grosbeak
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 32%
- Average group size: 4.96
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 32%
--- #2. Alberta: 26%
--- #2. Manitoba: 26%
--- #4. Quebec: 13%
--- #5. New Brunswick: 12%
#10. House Finch
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 29%
- Average group size: 6.17
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 60%
--- #2. Alberta: 45%
--- #3. Ontario: 39%
--- #4. Saskatchewan: 29%
--- #5. Quebec: 27%
#11. Black-billed Magpie
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 25%
- Average group size: 1.73
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alberta: 74%
--- #2. Saskatchewan: 25%
--- #3. Manitoba: 19%
--- #4. British Columbia: 5%
#12. Evening Grosbeak
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 21%
- Average group size: 15.26
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 60%
--- #2. Newfoundland and Labrador: 50%
--- #3. Nova Scotia: 47%
--- #4. Quebec: 27%
--- #5. Saskatchewan: 21%
#13. Dark-eyed Junco
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 21%
- Average group size: 3.11
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 90%
--- #1. British Columbia: 90%
--- #3. Ontario: 82%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 69%
--- #5. Quebec: 66%
#14. Gray Partridge
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 14%
- Average group size: 7.72
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 14%
--- #2. Manitoba: 5%
--- #3. Alberta: 1%
#15. Northern Flicker
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 11%
- Average group size: 1.22
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 70%
--- #2. British Columbia: 64%
--- #3. Alberta: 57%
--- #4. Prince Edward Island: 14%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 14%
#16. Bohemian Waxwing
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 7%
- Average group size: 10.65
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 10%
--- #2. Saskatchewan: 7%
--- #3. Alberta: 5%
--- #3. Manitoba: 5%
--- #5. British Columbia: 4%
#17. Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 7%
- Average group size: 3.16
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 11%
--- #2. Saskatchewan: 7%
--- #3. Alberta: 4%
--- #4. Manitoba: 3%
#18. Common Raven
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 7%
- Average group size: 1.45
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 12%
--- #2. British Columbia: 10%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 10%
--- #4. Saskatchewan: 7%
--- #5. Ontario: 5%
#19. Ring-necked Pheasant
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 4%
- Average group size: 16.58
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 12%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 8%
--- #3. Saskatchewan: 4%
--- #4. Alberta: 1%
#20. Rock Pigeon
- Sites visited Jan. 3 to Jan. 16: 4%
- Average group size: 5.59
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 29%
--- #2. Prince Edward Island: 21%
--- #3. Newfoundland and Labrador: 20%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 16%
--- #5. Quebec: 9%
