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| Different bird species have different eating characteristics. You can tailor your feeding station to your particular favorites by feeder design and the food you offer. |
| Birds | Seed Type | Feeder Type |
| Blue Jay, Northern Cardinal,
Black-capped Chickadee, Mourning Dove, Purple
Finch, American Goldfinch, Evening Grosbeak,
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Red-breasted Nuthatch,
White-breasted Nuthatch, Downy Woodpecker,
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Safflower | Tray feeder, mixed seed tube feeder, hopper feeder |
| Red-winged Blackbird, Northern
Cardinal, Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee,
Mourning Dove, House Finch, Purple Finch,
American Goldfinch, Common Grackle, Black-headed
Grosbeak, Evening Grosbeak, Rose-breasted
Grosbeak, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-breasted Nuthatch,
White-breasted Nuthatch, Common Redpoll,
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Pine Siskin, House
Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow,
Summer Tanager, Tufted Titmouse, California
Towhee, Rufus-sided Towhee, Carolina Wren, Downy
Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-headed
Woodpecker |
Sunflower | Tray feeder, mixed seed tube feeder, hopper feeder |
| Black-capped
Chickadee, Mourning Dove, House Finch, Purple
Finch, American Goldfinch, Rose-breasted
Grosbeak, Dark-eyed Junco, Common Redpoll, Pine
Siskin, Song Sparrow, Starling |
Nyjer or Thistle | Nyjer tube feeder |
| Red-winged
Blackbird, Blue Jay, Northern Cardinal, Gray
Catbird, Mourning Dove, Purple Finch, Northern
Flicker, Common Grackle, Black-headed Grosbeak,
Dark-eyed Junco, White-breasted Nuthatch,
Northern Oriole, Pine Siskin, House Sparrow, Song
Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Starling, Summer
Tanager, Varied Thrush, California Towhee, Downy
Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-headed
Woodpecker |
Corn | Peanut silo feeder, Tray feeder |
| Cardinals,
Starlings, Chickadees, Juncos, Finches,
Titmouses, Grackles, Doves and Jays |
Peanuts | Peanut silo feeder, Tray feeder |
| Blue Jay,
Northern Cardinal, Gray Catbird, Yellow-breasted
Chat, Black-capped Chickadee, House Finch, Purple
Finch, Northern Flicker, American Goldfinch,
Common Grackle, Black-headed Grosbeak,
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Dark-eyed Junco, Ruby
Crowned Kinglet, Northern Mockingbird,
Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch,
Hooded Oriole, Northern Oriole, Common Redpoll,
American Robin, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Pine
Siskin, White-crowned Sparrow, Starling, Summer
Tanager, Tufted Titmouse, Varied Thrush,
Rufus-sided Towhee, Carolina Wren, Downy
Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-headed
Woodpecker |
Suet Mixes | Suet feeder and Tray feeder |
| Blue Jay,
Northern Cardinal, Gray Catbird, Yellow-breasted
Chat, House Finch, Northern Flicker, Black-headed
Grosbeak, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Northern
Mockingbird, Hooded Oriole, Northern Oriole,
American Robin, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker,
White-crowned Sparrow, Starling, Summer Tanager,
Varied Thrush, Cedar Waxwing, Carolina Wren,
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-headed Woodpecker |
Fruit | Tray feeder |
| Altamira
Oriole, Audubon's Oriole, Baltimore Oriole,
Bullock's Oriole, Hooded Oriole, Northern Oriole,
Orchard Oriole, Scott's Oriole, Spot-breasted
Oriole, Streak-backed Oriole |
Sugar Water | Oriole feeder |
| Allen's Hummingbird, Anna's Hummingbird, Antillean Crested Hummingbird, Berylline Hummingbird, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Blue-throated Hummingbird, Broad-billed Hummingbird, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Calliope Hummingbird, Cinnamon Hummingbird, Costa's Hummingbird, Green-breasted Mango Hummingbird, Green violet-ear Hummingbird, Lucifer Hummingbird, Magnificent Hummingbird, Plain-capped Starthroat Hummingbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird, Violet-crowned Hummingbird, White-eared Hummingbird | Sugar Water | Hummingbird feeder |