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Percentage of Sites Visited

“Percentage of sites visited” is calculated as the number of FeederWatch sites that reported a species at least once over the winter divided by the total number of FeederWatch sites in the area of interest (see example, below). This value can be from 0 to 100% and is often calculated for specific states or FeederWatch regions.

Example: In this example, only 8 participants are signed up for Project FeederWatch, and they have submitted data about Species A from the following 8 locations.

Location FeederWatch count
(highest number of Species A seen at one time)
Fairbanks, Alaska 3
Eugene, Oregon 5
Salt Lake City, Utah 2
Edmonton, Alberta 5
Ames, Iowa 7
Halifax, Nova Scotia not reported
Bangor, Maine not reported
Winter Park, Florida not reported

Percentage of sites visited by Species A = 5 site reports/8 total sites = 63%