Wild Bird Feeding Preferences

North American Bird Feeding Chart

What wild birds do you want to attract to your own backyard? Find your bird and their preferred food below.

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WILD BIRD SPECIES	PREFERRED FOOD	READILY EATEN
Quail, Pheasants	Cracked Corn	Millet, Berries
Pigeons, Doves	Millet	Sunflower, Milo, Bread, Nuts, Cracked Corn, Thistle
Roadrunners	Meat Scraps	Suet
Hummingbirds	Plant Nectar, Small Insects	Sugar Water, commercial instant nectars
Woodpeckers	Suet , Meat Scraps, Insects	Fruit, Nuts, Sunflower Seed , Sugar Water
Jays	Whole Peanuts,Peanut Kernels	Sunflower Seed, Suet , Bread Products, Cracked Corn
Crows, Magpies	Meat Scraps, Suet	Peanuts, Bread Products
Titmice, Chickadees	Peanut Kernels, Sunflower	Sunflower Seed, Suet, Bread Products
Creepers, Nuthatches	Suet,	Sunflower, Nuts, Cracked Corn, Bread
Wrens	Suet ,	Peanut Butter, Bread Products, Apples
Mockingbirds, Thrashers	Halved Apples, Fruit	Bread Products, Suet, Sunflower Seed, Nuts
Robins, Bluebirds,Thrushes	Suet , Mealworms, Berries, Water	Bread Products, Raisins, Currants, Nut Meal
Purple Martins	Mosquitoes, beetles, flies, moths	Insects, man-made shelter and a water source is important
Flycatchers, Phoebes	Bees, Wasps & Ants	Meal Worms
Kinglets	Suet	Bread Products
Waxwings	Berries, Raisins	Sliced Apples, Canned Peas, Currants
Warblers	Suet , Suet Mix, Water	Fruit, Breads, Sugar Water, Nut Pieces
Tanagers	Suet , Fruit	Sugar Water, Mealworms, Bread Products
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings	Sunflower Seed , Safflower	Safflower, Apple, Fruits, Suet , Millet, Breads, Peanut Kernels
Towhees, Juncos	Millet, Sunflower Seed	Cracked Corn, Peanuts, Bread, Nut Meats
Sparrows	Millet, Peanut Kernels, Suet	Bread Crumbs, Canary Seed, Sunflower Seed
Blackbirds, Starlings	Cracked Corn, Milo, Bread, Suet	Millet, Suet, Breads, Cracked Corn, Nut Meats
Orioles	Sugar Water, Fruit Pieces	Jelly, Suet , Soft Raisins, Orange Halves
Goldfinches, Finches ,Pine Siskins	Thistle/Nyjer Seed,Sunflower	Hulled Sunflower, Millet, Fruits, Suet , Peanuts
Owls, Raptors	Small mammals, small birds, lizards, snakes	Water

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