Ontario's top ten birds for the 2016/2017 season

  No. 1 - Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)   All photos by Barry Wallace

Project FeederWatch ~ Ontario Region

November 2016 to April 2017 marked the 41st year that Project FeederWatch (plus its predecessor, Ontario Bird Feeder Survey) has tracked bird species at winter bird feeders in Ontario, as well as the rest of Canada.   Following are the most recent, top ten species for Ontario:

1.   Black-capped Chickadee

2.   Downy Woodpecker

3.   Dark-eyed Junco

4.   American Goldfinch

5.   White-breasted Nuthatch

6.   Blue Jay

7.   Mourning Dove

8.   Northern Cardinal

9.   European Starling

10. Red-breasted Nuthatch

  No. 2 - Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)

   No. 3 - Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)

   No. 4 - American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

   No. 5 - White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

  No. 6 - Blue Jay - (Cyanocitta cristata)

  No. 7 - Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

   No. 8 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

   No. 9 - European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

   No. 10 - Red-breasted Nuthatch ( Sitta canadensis)

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