Focus on Feeders 2011 Results

We would like to thank the nearly 1,300 backyard bird feeding enthusiasts from across Massachusetts who took part in the 2011 Focus on Feeders.

Highlights from the 2011 Focus on Feeders:

• More than 50 bird species were reported. 
  2011 Total Bird Species Count 16.63 kB

• Species which were observed in the greatest numbers (with links to distribution maps): 

  8,470 Dark-eyed Juncos
  5,497 American Goldfinches
  5,253 Mourning Doves 
  4,979 House Sparrows
  4,968 Black-capped Chickadees

View the map of number of species by town. (As always care should be taken before drawing conclusions from what may be short-term and minor fluctuations in numbers.) View a map of participants by town.

Thanks to your participation, our winter feeder database continues to grow. The current Focus on Feeders program dates from 1997, and the updated rank order of birds visiting feeders since 1997 can be found in this table.