Wild Bird Feeding Preference Guide
This chart shows what bird foods wild birds like to eat.
Type of Bird | Types of Food Preferred | ||||||||
Black Oil Sunflower | Grey Striped Sunflower | Sunflower Chips | Niger Thistle | Sunflower Chips/Niger Mix | Corn/Wheat Mixes and Blocks | Millet/Grain Mixes | Millet Mixes | Suet: Fruit, Seed, Insect | |
Cowbird | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
Quail/Pheasant | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
Chickadee | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Junco | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
Grosbeak | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
Finch | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
Mallard Duck | * | * | * | * | |||||
Dove | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
Pine Siskin | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
Titmouse | * | * | * | ||||||
Nuthatch | * | * | * | * | |||||
Crossbill | * | * | * | * | |||||
Redpoll | * | * | * | ||||||
Red-Winged Blackbird | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
Towhee | * | * | * | * | |||||
Sparrow | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Stellar’s Jay | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
Thrush | * | * | * | ||||||
Wood Duck | * | ||||||||
Woodpecker | * | * | * | * | * | * |