Bird Info
Bird Feeding Chart
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. Also see Bird Feeders.
| 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 |
