Most commonly seen birds in British Columbia

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March 14, 2023
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Most commonly seen birds in British Columbia

Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in British Columbia using data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Project FeederWatch. Birds are ranked by the percent of sites visited from Feb 18-Mar 3. Ties are broken by the average group size when seen, any further ties were not broken. Data was collected at 222 count sites in British Columbia. 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.

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#50. Townsend's Solitaire

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 1.02
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 2%
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#49. Pacific Wren

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 1.11
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 2%
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#48. Ring-necked Pheasant

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 1.56
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nova Scotia: 15%
--- #2. New Brunswick: 12%
--- #3. Saskatchewan: 2%
--- #3. Alberta: 2%
--- #3. British Columbia: 2%
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#47. Clark's Nutcracker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 1.98
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alberta: 3%
--- #2. British Columbia: 2%
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#46. Evening Grosbeak

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 2%
- Average group size: 12.13
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 42%
--- #2. Newfoundland and Labrador: 23%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 23%
--- #4. Saskatchewan: 20%
--- #5. Manitoba: 15%
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#45. Brown Creeper

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 3%
- Average group size: 1.05
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nova Scotia: 5%
--- #2. British Columbia: 3%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 2%
--- #3. Quebec: 2%
--- #3. Saskatchewan: 2%
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#44. Golden-crowned Kinglet

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 3%
- Average group size: 1.74
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 3%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 2%
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#43. Canada Jay

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 3%
- Average group size: 2.23
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alberta: 10%
--- #2. Manitoba: 6%
--- #2. Saskatchewan: 6%
--- #4. British Columbia: 3%
--- #5. New Brunswick: 2%
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#42. Rock Pigeon

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 3%
- Average group size: 3.67
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 26%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 22%
--- #3. Newfoundland and Labrador: 8%
--- #3. Prince Edward Island: 8%
--- #5. Quebec: 7%
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#41. Mallard

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 3%
- Average group size: 3.71
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 3%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 2%
--- #3. Quebec: 1%
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#40. Bohemian Waxwing

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 3%
- Average group size: 53.19
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 8%
--- #2. Alberta: 5%
--- #3. British Columbia: 3%
--- #4. Saskatchewan: 2%
--- #5. Quebec: 1%
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#39. Sharp-shinned Hawk

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 1.0
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nova Scotia: 14%
--- #2. New Brunswick: 9%
--- #3. Newfoundland and Labrador: 8%
--- #4. Ontario: 5%
--- #5. British Columbia: 4%
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#38. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 1.02
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 4%
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#37. Red Crossbill

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 3.49
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 8%
--- #2. British Columbia: 4%
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#36. Cooper's Hawk

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 5%
- Average group size: 1.01
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Ontario: 11%
--- #2. Quebec: 7%
--- #3. British Columbia: 5%
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#35. White-throated Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 5%
- Average group size: 1.15
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 19%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 18%
--- #3. Quebec: 8%
--- #4. Ontario: 5%
--- #4. British Columbia: 5%
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#34. Ruffed Grouse

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 5%
- Average group size: 1.8
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 8%
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 8%
--- #3. British Columbia: 5%
--- #3. Alberta: 5%
--- #5. Saskatchewan: 4%
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#33. Mourning Dove

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 5%
- Average group size: 5.63
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 83%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 80%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 72%
--- #4. Ontario: 63%
--- #5. Quebec: 42%
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#32. Common Raven

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 1.33
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 25%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 11%
--- #3. British Columbia: 7%
--- #4. Manitoba: 6%
--- #5. New Brunswick: 5%
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#31. Bewick's Wren

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
- Average group size: 1.07
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 8%
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#30. Mountain Chickadee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 9%
- Average group size: 2.11
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 9%
--- #2. Alberta: 7%
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#29. Purple Finch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 9%
- Average group size: 2.57
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 9%
--- #1. Nova Scotia: 9%
--- #3. Manitoba: 8%
--- #3. Newfoundland and Labrador: 8%
--- #5. New Brunswick: 7%
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#28. Pine Siskin

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 9%
- Average group size: 3.69
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 12%
--- #2. Quebec: 11%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 11%
--- #4. British Columbia: 9%
--- #5. Newfoundland and Labrador: 8%
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#27. California Quail

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 9%
- Average group size: 13.22
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 9%
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#26. Red-winged Blackbird

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 10%
- Average group size: 4.95
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 10%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 2%
--- #3. Ontario: 1%
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#25. Black-billed Magpie

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 11%
- Average group size: 1.83
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alberta: 72%
--- #2. Saskatchewan: 44%
--- #3. Manitoba: 24%
--- #4. British Columbia: 11%
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#24. Pileated Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 13%
- Average group size: 1.25
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Manitoba: 17%
--- #2. British Columbia: 13%
--- #3. Alberta: 8%
--- #4. Quebec: 6%
--- #4. Ontario: 6%
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#23. Eurasian Collared-Dove

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 14%
- Average group size: 3.0
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 14%
--- #2. Alberta: 7%
--- #3. Saskatchewan: 4%
--- #4. Manitoba: 3%
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#22. White-crowned Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 15%
- Average group size: 2.43
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 15%
--- #2. Ontario: 2%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 2%
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#21. Hairy Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 18%
- Average group size: 1.37
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Manitoba: 68%
--- #2. New Brunswick: 58%
--- #3. Quebec: 55%
--- #4. Saskatchewan: 52%
--- #5. Nova Scotia: 45%
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#20. Golden-crowned Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 18%
- Average group size: 2.61
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 18%
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#19. American Goldfinch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 18%
- Average group size: 4.76
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 75%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 72%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 70%
--- #4. Newfoundland and Labrador: 69%
--- #5. Ontario: 59%
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#18. Fox Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 21%
- Average group size: 1.62
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 21%
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#17. American Robin

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 23%
- Average group size: 2.12
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 23%
--- #2. Quebec: 5%
--- #3. Ontario: 4%
--- #4. New Brunswick: 2%
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#16. Steller's Jay

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 24%
- Average group size: 2.26
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 24%
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#15. House Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 24%
- Average group size: 4.03
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 68%
--- #2. Alberta: 57%
--- #3. Manitoba: 51%
--- #4. Ontario: 37%
--- #5. Quebec: 29%
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#14. Bushtit

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 26%
- Average group size: 11.05
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 26%
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#13. American Crow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 27%
- Average group size: 2.36
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 75%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 68%
--- #3. Newfoundland and Labrador: 62%
--- #4. New Brunswick: 30%
--- #5. British Columbia: 27%
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#12. European Starling

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 32%
- Average group size: 3.53
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 67%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 62%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 37%
--- #4. British Columbia: 32%
--- #5. Ontario: 24%
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#11. Downy Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 35%
- Average group size: 1.32
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Manitoba: 82%
--- #2. Quebec: 74%
--- #3. Ontario: 73%
--- #4. Alberta: 68%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 68%
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#10. Chestnut-backed Chickadee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 36%
- Average group size: 2.17
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 36%
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#9. Red-breasted Nuthatch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 41%
- Average group size: 1.48
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 64%
--- #2. Alberta: 51%
--- #3. Manitoba: 44%
--- #3. Ontario: 44%
--- #5. British Columbia: 41%
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#8. Varied Thrush

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 41%
- Average group size: 1.89
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 41%
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#7. House Finch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 50%
- Average group size: 4.17
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 50%
--- #2. Alberta: 35%
--- #3. Ontario: 34%
--- #4. Quebec: 27%
--- #5. Saskatchewan: 22%
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#6. Spotted Towhee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 51%
- Average group size: 1.98
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 51%
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#5. Anna's Hummingbird

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 52%
- Average group size: 1.59
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 52%
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#4. Northern Flicker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 60%
- Average group size: 1.61
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 60%
--- #2. Alberta: 44%
--- #3. Newfoundland and Labrador: 38%
--- #4. Prince Edward Island: 17%
--- #5. Nova Scotia: 15%
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#3. Black-capped Chickadee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 61%
- Average group size: 2.94
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 100%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 95%
--- #3. Manitoba: 94%
--- #4. New Brunswick: 93%
--- #5. Newfoundland and Labrador: 92%
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#2. Song Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 62%
- Average group size: 1.35
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 62%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 46%
--- #3. Prince Edward Island: 17%
--- #4. New Brunswick: 7%
--- #5. Quebec: 3%
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#1. Dark-eyed Junco

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 92%
- Average group size: 7.7
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 100%
--- #2. British Columbia: 92%
--- #3. Ontario: 72%
--- #4. Prince Edward Island: 67%
--- #5. Nova Scotia: 66%

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