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Feeder types and seed mixes for specific birds

 

 

Tube feeder with black oil sunflower will attract - goldfinches, chickadees, woodpeckers, nuthatches, titmice, redpolls, pine siskins

Adding a tray to the tube feeder will also attract - cardinals, jays, crossbills, purple and house finches, white throated, white crowned sparrows

Tray or platform feeder with millet will attract - doves, house sparrows, blackbirds, juncos, cowbirds, towhees, chipping, field, tree sparrows, white throated, white crowned sparrows.

Tray or platform feeder with corn will attract - starlings, house sparrows, grackles, jays, juncos, bobwhite quail, doves, ring-necked pheasants, white throated sparrows.

Platform feeder or tube feeder and tray with peanuts will attract - cardinals, grackles, titmice, sparrows, morning doves, jays, chickadees, house finches, house sparrows, starlings, white throated sparrows, juncos.

Niger thistle feeder with tray will attract - goldfinches, house finches, purple finches, redpolls, pine siskins, doves, chickadees, song sparrows, dark eyed juncos, white throated sparrows.

Nectar feeder - hummingbirds, orioles, cardinals, tanagers, woodpeckers, finches, thrushes.

Fruit - orioles, tanagers, mockingbirds, bluebirds, thrashers, cardinals, woodpeckers, jays, starlings, thrushes, cedar waxwings, yellow breasted chats.

Hanging suet feeder - woodpeckers, wrens, chickadees, nuthatches, kinglets, thrashers, creepers, cardinals, starlings.

Peanut butter feeder - woodpeckers, goldfinches, juncos, cardinals, thrushes, jays, kinglets, bluebirds, wrens, starlings.

Hanging peanut feeder - woodpeckers, chickadees, titmice.

 

 

 

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