Thanks to Sher on my gardening list for supplying this information. Not all of the birds listed are native to Texas but many may winter here or visit on their way to and from as they migrate. When choosing wild bird seed to place in your bird feeding station, determine the types of birds you want to attract. Try to set out several varieties and be sure to include a source of water both in summer and winter.
Type of Bird | Food Preference |
Blue Jays | Sunflower seed, safflower, cracked corn, peanuts, suet, bread, peanut butter, lard mixes, seed mixes |
House Finch | Mixed seed, peanuts, fruit, suet, niger, sunflower, safflower, thistle |
Gold Finch | Thistle/nyger, sunflower seed, hulled sunflower, millet, fruit, suet, peanuts |
House Wren | Suet, bread crumbs |
House Sparrow | Mixed seed, sunflower seeds |
Wrens | Suet, suet mix, peanut butter, bread, apples |
Indigo Bunting | Peanuts, millet, variety of seeds |
Northern Flicker | Suet, peanut butter, sunflower seeds, fruit, meat, bread |
Oriole | Oranges, apples, grape jelly, oriole jelly, sugar water, soft raisins |
Painted Bunting | Sunflower seeds, seed mixes |
Pine Grosbeak | Sunflower seeds, grain |
Pine Siskin | Nuts, rolled oats, thistle, mixed seeds, sunflower seeds, sunflower chips, millet, suet |
Purple Finch | Sunflower seeds, thistle |
Red Crossbills | Sunflower seeds, thistle |
Red Poll | Suet, bread, sunflower seeds |
Red Winged Blackbird | Bread, cracked corn, mixed seeds, sunflower seeds, sunflower chips, millet, suet |
Robins, Bluebirds, Thrushes | Apples, sunflower seed, bread, grapes, suet, mealworms, berries, raisins, nut meal, seed mixes |
Rose Breasted Grosbeaks | Sunflower seeds, grapes, orange halves |
American Gold Finch | Sunflower seeds, thistle/niger |
Black Billed Magpie | Meat, bread |
Bobwhite Quail | Sunflower seeds, seed mixes |
Brown Headed Cowbird | Bread, cracked corn, sunflower seeds, seed mixes |
Bushtit | Bread, sunflower seeds, bird seed mixes |
Cardinals | Cracked corn, nuts, sunflower seeds, safflower, millet, peanuts, apple, bread |
Black Capped Chickadees | Sunflower seeds, peanuts, bread, suet |
Crows | Bread, scraps, corn, suet |
Magpies | Scraps, suet, peanuts, bread |
Downy Woodpeckers | Sunflower seeds, corn, cornbread, peanut butter, suet, shelled peanuts, sunflower seeds |
Grosbeaks | Sunflower seeds, safflower, apple, fruit, suet, millet, bread, peanut kernels |
Buntings | Sunflower seeds, safflower, apple, fruit, suet, millet, bread, peanut kernels |
Grackles | Sunflower seeds, bread, scraps |
Titmouse | Sunflower seeds, suet, bread, safflower, peanuts, peanut kernel |
Chickadees | Peanut kernel, sunflower seeds, suet, bread, safflower |
Nuthatches | Suet, suet mix, sunflower seeds, nuts, cracked corn, bread |
Creepers | Suet, suet mix, sunflower seeds, nuts, cracked corn, bread |
Mockingbirds | Halved apples, fruit, bread, suet, sunflower seeds, nuts |
Thrashers | Halved apples, fruit, bread, suet, sunflower seeds, nuts |
Flycatchers, Phoebes | Bees, wasps, ants, mealworms |
Kinglets | Suet, bread |
Waxwings | Berries, raisins, sliced apple, canned peas, currants, grapes |
Warblers | Suet, suet mix, water, fruit, breads, sugar water, nut pieces |
Tanagers | Suet, fruit, sugar water, mealworms, bread |
Song Sparrows | Sunflower seeds, seed mixes, bread, thistle, millet |
Starlings | Bread, scraps, suet |
Stellers Jays | Nuts, scraps, suet |
Tree Sparrows | Wild bird seed mixes, millet |
Sparrows | Millet, peanut kernels, suet, bread, canary seed, sunflower seed |
White Breasted Nuthatches | Peanuts, sunflower seeds, suet, safflower |
Hairy Woodpeckers | Sunflower seeds, nuts, cheese, apples, bananas, suet, peanut butter |
Yellow Bellied Sapsuckers | Nutmeats, suet, fruit |
Quail | Cracked corn, millet, berries |
Pigeons | Cracked corn, sunflower seeds, milo, bread, thistle, nuts |
Doves | Cracked corn, sunflower seeds, milo, bread, thistle, nuts |
Roadrunners | Meat scraps, suet |
Hummingbirds | Plant nectars, small insects, sugar water, instant nectars |
Woodpeckers | Insects, fruit, sunflower seeds, suet, nuts, sugar water |
Western Tanagers, Scarlet Tanagers | Orange halves, grapes |
Juncos | Millet, sunflower seeds, cracked corn, peanuts, bread, nut meats, thistle, suet |
Towhees | Millet, sunflower seeds, peanuts, grapes, cracked corn, suet |
Rufhouse Sided Towhee | Bird seed mixes, thistle, sunflower seeds, millet, cracked corn |
Baltimore Oriole | Suet, orange halves |
Brown Thrashers | Orange halves, cracked corn |
Carolina Wrens | Suet, sunflower chips |
Cat Birds | Raisins, grapes, orange halves, suet |
Mourning Dove | Millet, thistle, sunflower chips, safflower, cracked corn |
Pileated Woodpeckers | Suet |
Red Bellied Woodpeckers | Suet, sunflower seeds, peanuts, orange halves, safflower, cracked corn |
Participation keeps us going and growing!
***Sher*** zone 7
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