Most commonly seen birds in Utah

Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Utah 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 38 count sites in Utah. 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.

#1. House Finch
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 89%
- Average group size: 4.87
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nevada: 95%
--- #2. New Mexico: 91%
--- #3. Arizona: 90%
--- #4. Utah: 89%
--- #5. Tennessee: 87%

#2. Dark-eyed Junco
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 61%
- Average group size: 3.14
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Iowa: 97%
--- #2. Oregon: 96%
--- #2. New Jersey: 96%
--- #4. Washington: 95%
--- #4. Indiana: 95%

#3. House Sparrow
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 58%
- Average group size: 6.95
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 100%
--- #2. Iowa: 90%
--- #2. Illinois: 90%
--- #4. Indiana: 79%
--- #5. Wyoming: 78%

#4. Black-capped Chickadee
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 58%
- Average group size: 1.88
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. North Dakota: 100%
--- #2. Vermont: 96%
--- #2. Maine: 96%
--- #4. New Hampshire: 92%
--- #5. Minnesota: 89%

#5. Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 50%
- Average group size: 4.13
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Wyoming: 78%
--- #2. Nevada: 60%
--- #3. Utah: 50%
--- #3. Colorado: 50%
--- #5. Montana: 47%

#6. Lesser Goldfinch
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 42%
- Average group size: 7.17
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nevada: 80%
--- #2. California: 55%
--- #3. New Mexico: 47%
--- #4. Arizona: 45%
--- #5. Utah: 42%

#7. Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 39%
- Average group size: 1.68
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Mexico: 49%
--- #2. Utah: 39%
--- #3. Colorado: 13%
--- #4. Arizona: 10%
--- #5. Idaho: 2%

#8. Northern Flicker
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 39%
- Average group size: 1.16
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Colorado: 65%
--- #2. Washington: 55%
--- #3. Nevada: 50%
--- #4. Montana: 49%
--- #5. Oregon: 44%

#9. Black-billed Magpie
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 37%
- Average group size: 1.67
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Montana: 53%
--- #2. Alaska: 44%
--- #3. Colorado: 42%
--- #4. Utah: 37%
--- #5. Idaho: 20%

#10. Song Sparrow
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 34%
- Average group size: 1.36
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington: 63%
--- #2. Oregon: 48%
--- #3. Pennsylvania: 40%
--- #4. Rhode Island: 37%
--- #5. West Virginia: 36%

#11. Mourning Dove
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 32%
- Average group size: 3.5
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Jersey: 86%
--- #2. Connecticut: 84%
--- #3. Washington, D.C.: 82%
--- #4. Pennsylvania: 81%
--- #5. New York: 78%

#12. Spotted Towhee
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 32%
- Average group size: 1.82
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington: 68%
--- #2. Oregon: 56%
--- #3. New Mexico: 46%
--- #4. Utah: 32%
--- #5. Nevada: 30%

#13. American Robin
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 29%
- Average group size: 1.95
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Missouri: 38%
--- #2. New Mexico: 37%
--- #2. Kansas: 37%
--- #4. Tennessee: 35%
--- #4. Nevada: 35%

#14. American Goldfinch
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 26%
- Average group size: 3.05
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Wisconsin: 72%
--- #2. Michigan: 71%
--- #3. Ohio: 69%
--- #4. Maine: 67%
--- #5. Indiana: 66%

#15. Downy Woodpecker
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 21%
- Average group size: 1.13
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Connecticut: 90%
--- #2. South Dakota: 89%
--- #3. Massachusetts: 87%
--- #4. Indiana: 83%
--- #5. Minnesota: 82%

#16. California Quail
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 18%
- Average group size: 8.5
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nevada: 45%
--- #2. Idaho: 18%
--- #2. Utah: 18%
--- #4. California: 8%
--- #5. Oregon: 6%

#17. European Starling
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 16%
- Average group size: 4.24
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Indiana: 49%
--- #2. Ohio: 44%
--- #3. Nebraska: 41%
--- #4. Illinois: 40%
--- #5. Missouri: 38%

#18. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 13%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Mississippi: 30%
--- #2. South Carolina: 28%
--- #2. Georgia: 28%
--- #4. California: 22%
--- #5. North Carolina: 21%

#19. Red-winged Blackbird
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 11%
- Average group size: 4.81
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Mississippi: 30%
--- #1. Alabama: 30%
--- #3. Colorado: 26%
--- #3. Louisiana: 26%
--- #5. Delaware: 24%

#20. Rock Pigeon
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 11%
- Average group size: 3.73
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nevada: 25%
--- #2. Wyoming: 22%
--- #3. Arizona: 18%
--- #4. Utah: 11%
--- #5. New Mexico: 10%