{"id":1406,"date":"2021-06-10T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T17:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2021-06-10T13:14:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T17:14:00","slug":"what-to-serve-at-the-birds-dining-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/2021\/06\/10\/what-to-serve-at-the-birds-dining-table\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Serve at the Bird\u2019s Dining Table"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The birds of spring and summer are here to join our feathered friends we enjoy feeding year round.  Perhaps you\u2019re wondering what different species of songbirds like to dine on.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is a list of birds who visit our backyards, whether they are winter, summer, or permanent residents.\u00a0 We can offer seeds, sugar water, and fruit to enhance their feeding regime.\u00a0 Birds eat a variety of insects and other natural food sources as major parts of their diets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bluebird<\/strong> – mealworms, small chunks of apples and pears, diced berries, some seed such as sunflower hearts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue Jay <\/strong>– whole peanuts, peanut halves, black oil sunflower, sunflower hearts, cracked corn, whole corn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cardinal<\/strong> – safflower, millet, black oil sunflower, sunflower hearts, peanut halves<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catbird <\/strong>– grape jelly, suet, some sunflower hearts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cedar Waxwing<\/strong> – diced ripe berries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chickadee<\/strong> – black oil sunflower, sunflower hearts, peanut halves, suet, safflower to a small degree<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cowbird<\/strong> – black oil sunflower, sunflower hearts, white millet, peanut halves<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Downy and Hairy Woodpecker<\/strong> – peanut halves, black oil sunflower, sunflower hearts, fine sunflower, finch and friends, suet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goldfinch <\/strong>– nyjer, finch and friends, sunflower hearts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gray Jay<\/strong> – black oil sunflower, safflower, whole and half peanuts, suet, raisins, berries, mealworms, carrion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grackles<\/strong> – black oil sunflower, sunflower hearts, suet, peanut halves<\/p>\n\n\n\n

House Finch and Purple Finch<\/strong> – safflower, black oil sunflower, sunflower hearts, white millet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

House Sparrow <\/strong>– black oil sunflower, sunflower hearts, finch and friends, millet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

House Wren <\/strong>– black oil sunflower, sunflower hearts, suet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hummingbird, Ruby-throated<\/strong> – sugar water, ripened bananas to encourage fruit flies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indigo Bunting <\/strong>– sunflower hearts, nyjer, finch and friends, millet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junco <\/strong>– sunflower hearts, white millet, finch and friends, peanut halves<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mockingbird <\/strong>– suet, raisins, apples slices<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mourning Dove<\/strong> – safflower, sunflower hearts, white millet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northern Flicker<\/strong> – suet, black oil sunflower, peanut halves<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White-Breasted and Red-Breasted Nuthatch<\/strong> – peanut halves, suet, sunflower hearts, black oil sunflower<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baltimore Oriole<\/strong> – Sugar water, grape jelly, oranges, red grapes, suet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pileated Woodpecker<\/strong> – suet, mealworms, whole peanuts, peanut halves, black oil sunflower<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pine Siskin <\/strong>– nyjer, finch and friends, sunflower hearts, black oil sunflower<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common Redpoll<\/strong> – black oil sunflower, sunflower hearts, finch and friends, suet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scarlet Tanager<\/strong> – grapes, oranges, apple slices<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Red-winged Blackbird <\/strong>– Black oil sunflower, sunflower hearts, peanut halves, suet, finch and friends, fine sunflower hearts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robin<\/strong> – mealworms, grape jelly, grapes, apples, berries, some sunflower hearts during breeding season<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sparrows<\/strong>:\u00a0 American Tree, White-throated, White-crowned, Song Sparrows<\/em> – white millet, sunflower hearts, finch and friends, fine sunflower\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tufted Titmouse<\/strong> – black oil sunflower, sunflower hearts, peanut halves, suet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wild Turkey <\/strong>– black oil sunflower, cracked corn, white millet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy feeding the birds!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Jane Paradis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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