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I used to have the same reaction, when I was monitoring 4 feeders and a block of suet for Feederwatch (the year-round component of the same program the Backyard Bird Count belongs to). On their report forms, at least back when I did it though, you could report how long you observed your feeders -- say 45 minutes to an hour -- and they'll use that data to extrapolate out and compare to other reports from your region.
Right now, we've got a resident Northern mockingbird that has claimed out suet feeder as his own and dutifully runs off any interlopers, including the golden-fronted woodpecker and eastern scrub jay that also try to visit it daily. Along with them, we've got some titmice, house sparrows and doves (of course--though, thankfully, we have more mourning and inca doves than white-wings.)
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