Why Feed Birds
Choose the Food to Attract the Bird
Courtesy & Copyright Holly Strand
- Black-Oil Sunflower Seeds (Feed the widest number of birds including Chickadees, Finches, Pine Siskins…)
- Striped Sunflower Seeds (harder, more restrictive for birds)
- Sunflower Seeds (shelled) – Reduce sunflower shell residue.)
- White Millet (Lazuli Buntings, Juncos and Sparrows)
- Milo (Pigeons, Jays & Doves)
- Nyger Thistle (Am. Goldfinches, Pine Siskins, and Redpolls)
- Cracked Corn (Doves, Pheasants, Quail, Turkeys, ground-feeding birds)
- Suet (Purchase premixed with seeds, nuts, raisins… or make your own.)
- Peanuts (Jays)
- Oranges (Orioles, Tanagers)
- Sugar Water (1 part sugar to 4 parts water)
Read More From These References:
- Choosing Bird Seed, All About Birds, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, http://www.allaboutbirds.org/page.aspx?pid=1179
- Choosing Bird Food, The Great Backyard Bird Count, http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/learning/bird-feeding-tips/what-kind-of-bird-food-should-i-use/
- Feeding Wild Birds Year-round, http://birdwatchin.com/about-wild-bird-food
- What Types Of Bird Seed Are There – Which Are Best? http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/Bird_Seed.html
- Types of Birdseed, Melissa Mayntz, About.com Birding/Wild Birds, http://birding.about.com/od/birdfeeders/ig/Types-of-Birdseed/
- Bird Feeding: Types of Bird Seed, Stokes Birds at Home, www.stokesbirdsathome.com/birding/feeding/feedingpages/feeding103.html
- The Herald Journal, Songbird trackers: USU researcher studying migration, survival factors of colorful lazuli buntings