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Wild Birds Preferred Foods

Different birds like to eat different types of foods. So the type of foods you provide will somewhat determine the type of birds you are likely to attract. The table below is a rough list of the types of food you can provide to attract different types of birds. Of course your not likely to attract birds that aren't found in your area.

Bird
Type
Corn Meal Worm Peanut Safflower Suet Sunflower
(blackoil)
Sunflower
(hearts)
Sunflower
(striped)
Black Bird
X
     
X
     
Blue Bird
X
   
X
   
Cardinal
X
   
X
X
X
X
Chickadee    
X
X
X
X
X
 
Finch        

X
X
 
Grosbeak        

X
X
X
Blue Jay
X
 
X
 

   
X
Junco
X
     

X
X
 
Nuthatch

 
X
X
X
X
 
Dove
X
 
X
X

X
X
 
Pine Siskin        

 
X
 
Robin  
X
   

     
Sparrow
X
     

X
X
 
Tanger        
X
     
Titmouse    
X
X

X
X
X
Woodpecker    

X

 

X

X

X

 
                 
 

 
 
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