Chart for feeding birds


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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