Most commonly seen birds in Prince Edward Island

Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Prince Edward Island using data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Project FeederWatch. Birds are ranked by the percent of sites visited from Jan. 31 to Feb. 13. Ties are broken by the average group size when seen, any further ties were not broken. Data was collected at 17 count sites in Prince Edward Island. 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. Blue Jay
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 100%
- Average group size: 7.69
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 100%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 89%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 76%
--- #4. Newfoundland and Labrador: 73%
--- #5. Alberta: 69%

#2. Black-capped Chickadee
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 94%
- Average group size: 4.69
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 100%
--- #2. Manitoba: 98%
--- #3. Prince Edward Island: 94%
--- #3. Nova Scotia: 94%
--- #5. Newfoundland and Labrador: 91%

#3. American Crow
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 88%
- Average group size: 2.62
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 88%
--- #2. Newfoundland and Labrador: 73%
--- #3. Nova Scotia: 66%
--- #4. New Brunswick: 56%
--- #5. British Columbia: 32%

#4. Mourning Dove
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 82%
- Average group size: 5.58
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 82%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 75%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 66%
--- #4. Ontario: 64%
--- #5. Quebec: 45%

#5. Dark-eyed Junco
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 76%
- Average group size: 4.75
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 91%
--- #2. British Columbia: 84%
--- #3. Ontario: 79%
--- #4. Prince Edward Island: 76%
--- #5. Nova Scotia: 72%

#6. American Goldfinch
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 65%
- Average group size: 6.75
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 91%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 87%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 76%
--- #4. Ontario: 66%
--- #5. Prince Edward Island: 65%

#7. European Starling
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 53%
- Average group size: 4.69
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nova Scotia: 57%
--- #2. Prince Edward Island: 53%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 29%
--- #4. Ontario: 28%
--- #5. Newfoundland and Labrador: 27%

#8. Downy Woodpecker
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 47%
- Average group size: 1.12
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Quebec: 73%
--- #2. Ontario: 72%
--- #3. Manitoba: 68%
--- #3. Alberta: 68%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 68%

#9. Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 29%
- Average group size: 1.12
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alberta: 65%
--- #2. Saskatchewan: 63%
--- #3. British Columbia: 46%
--- #3. Ontario: 46%
--- #5. New Brunswick: 41%

#10. Hairy Woodpecker
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 24%
- Average group size: 1.6
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Manitoba: 70%
--- #2. Quebec: 61%
--- #3. Saskatchewan: 50%
--- #4. New Brunswick: 49%
--- #5. Ontario: 42%

#11. Evening Grosbeak
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 18%
- Average group size: 7.68
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 54%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 53%
--- #3. Newfoundland and Labrador: 36%
--- #4. Saskatchewan: 21%
--- #5. Prince Edward Island: 18%

#12. Song Sparrow
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 18%
- Average group size: 1.55
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 60%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 55%
--- #3. Newfoundland and Labrador: 27%
--- #4. Prince Edward Island: 18%
--- #5. New Brunswick: 12%

#13. Northern Flicker
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 18%
- Average group size: 1.14
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 59%
--- #2. Newfoundland and Labrador: 55%
--- #3. Alberta: 44%
--- #4. Prince Edward Island: 18%
--- #5. Nova Scotia: 17%

#14. Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 18%
- Average group size: 1.0
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 64%
--- #2. Prince Edward Island: 18%
--- #3. Nova Scotia: 17%
--- #4. Saskatchewan: 8%
--- #5. New Brunswick: 7%

#15. Pine Siskin
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 12%
- Average group size: 10.77
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 64%
--- #2. Prince Edward Island: 12%
--- #3. Alberta: 9%
--- #4. British Columbia: 7%
--- #5. Ontario: 3%

#16. Rock Pigeon
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 12%
- Average group size: 8.19
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 22%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 15%
--- #3. Prince Edward Island: 12%
--- #4. Newfoundland and Labrador: 9%
--- #4. Alberta: 9%

#17. Common Raven
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 12%
- Average group size: 1.51
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 13%
--- #2. Prince Edward Island: 12%
--- #3. Nova Scotia: 9%
--- #4. British Columbia: 6%
--- #4. Manitoba: 6%

#18. Northern Cardinal
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 12%
- Average group size: 1.07
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Ontario: 72%
--- #2. Quebec: 61%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 49%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 40%
--- #5. Prince Edward Island: 12%

#19. Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 12%
- Average group size: 1.04
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Ontario: 30%
--- #2. New Brunswick: 20%
--- #3. Prince Edward Island: 12%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 6%
--- #5. Quebec: 5%

#20. American Herring Gull
- Sites visited Jan. 31 to Feb. 13: 6%
- Average group size: 3.56
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nova Scotia: 8%
--- #2. Prince Edward Island: 6%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 2%