basic ornithology for bird houses & bird feeders by sundane

Basic Ornithology for Bird Houses & Bird Feeders

Kevin Armendariz | Hong Ding | Yifei Li | Matthew Lovell | Tianjie Sun

Nest

Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Bluebirds

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cardinals

Catbirds

Chickadees

Cranes

Creepers

Crossbills

Crows

Doves

Ducks

Finches

Details

Birds Overview

Nest

Flickers

Flycatchers

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Hummingbirds

Jays

Juncos

Magpies

Martins

Mockingbirds

Nuthatches

Orioles

Owls

Phoebes

Pigeons

Details

Birds Overview

Nest

Robins

Sapsuckers

Siskins

Sparrows

Starlings

Swallows

Tanagers

Thrashers

Thrushes

Titmice

Towhees

Warblers

Waxwings

Woodpeckers

Wrens

Details

Birds Overview

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins

Cranes

Creepers

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Sapsuckers

Towhees

Buntings

Doves

Orioles

Swallows

Bobwhites

Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Blackbirds Description : The Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North and much of Central America. It breeds from Alaska and Newfoundland south to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, and Guatemala, with isolated populations in western El Salvador, northwestern Honduras, and northwestern Costa Rica. It may winter as far north as Pennsylvania and British Columbia, but northern populations are generally migratory, moving south to Mexico and the southern United States. Claims have been made that it is the most abundant and most well studied bird in North America.[2] The Red-winged Blackbird is sexually dimorphic; the male is all black with a red shoulder and yellow wing bar, while the female is a nondescript dark brown. Seeds and insects make up the bulk of the Red-winged Blackbird's diet. Diet : Bread, cracked corn, mixed seeds, sunflower seeds, sunflower chips, millet, suet

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Blue Tits Description : The Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus[2] or Parus caeruleus[3]) is a 10.5 to 12 cm (4.2 to 4.8 inches,) long passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout temperate and subarctic Europe and western Asia in deciduous or mixed woodlands. It is a resident bird; i.e., most tits do not migrate. Diet : The Blue Tit is a valuable destroyer of pests, though it has not an entirely clean sheet as a beneficial species. It is fond of young buds of various trees, and may pull them to bits in the hope of finding insects.

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Bluebirds Description : The bluebirds are a group of medium-sized, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Sialia of the thrush family (Turdidae). Bluebirds are one of the few thrush genera in the Americas. They have blue, or blue and red, plumage. Female birds are less brightly colored than males, although color patterns are similar and there is no noticeable difference in size between sexes. Diet : Apples, sunflower seed, bread, grapes, suet, mealworms, berries, raisins, nut meal, seed mixes

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins

Cranes

Creepers

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Sapsuckers

Towhees

Buntings

Doves

Orioles

Swallows

Bobwhites

Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Pigeons

Sparrows Thrushes Woodpeckers

Bobwhites Description : Colinus is a genus of birds in the New World quail family, Odontophoridae. Members of the genus are commonly known as bobwhites. Diet : Sunflower seeds, seed mixes

Overview

Birds Details

Starlings Titmice Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Buntings Description : Buntings are a group of Eurasian and African passerine birds of the family Emberizidae. They are seed-eating birds with stubby, conical bills, and are the Old World equivalents of the species known in North America as (American) sparrows. (However, these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae.) Their habits are similar to those of finches, with which they sometimes used to be grouped. Some emberizids are still named "finches" rather than "buntings". Conversely, there are species retaining the name "bunting" which are now classed in the cardinal family. Among those are the Painted and Indigo Buntings. Diet : Sunflower seeds, safflower, apple, fruit, suet, millet, bread, peanut kernels

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows

Pigeons

Starlings

Thrushes Woodpeckers

Titmice Wrens

Cardinals Description : The Cardinals or Cardinalidae are a family of passerine birds found in North and South America. The South American cardinals in the genus Paroaria are placed in another family, the Thraupidae (previously placed in Emberizidae). These are robust, seed-eating birds with strong bills. The family ranges in size from the 12-cm, 11.5-gram Orange-breasted Bunting to the 25-cm, 85-gram Black-headed Saltator[verification needed]. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinctive appearances; the family is named for the red plumage (colored cardinal like the color of a Catholic cardinal's vestments) of males of the type species, the Northern Cardinal. Diet : Cracked corn, nuts, sunflower seeds, safflower, millet, peanuts, apple, bread

Overview

Birds Details

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows

Pigeons

Starlings

Thrushes

Titmice

Woodpeckers

Catbirds Description : Several unrelated groups of songbirds are called catbirds because of their wailing calls, which resemble a cat's meowing. The genus name Ailuroedus likewise is from the Greek for "cat-singer" or "cat-voiced" Diet : This bird's diet is approximately 60% insects, such as beetles, caterpillars, cicadas, crickets, grasshoppers, moths, ants, aphids and spiders, and the other 40% consists of fruit such as wild berries, especially blackberries, berries of sweet gum, grapes and seeds of grasses.

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows

Bobwhites Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Towhees

Buntings

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows

Pigeons

Starlings

Thrushes Woodpeckers

Titmice Wrens

Chickadees Description : The tits, chickadees, and titmice constitute Paridae, a large family of small passerine birds which occur in the northern hemisphere and Africa. Most were formerly classified in the genus Parus. These birds are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They range in length from 10 to 22 centimetres. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects. Many species will live around human habitation and come readily to bird feeders for nuts or seed, and learn to take other foods. In Britain, Great Tits and Blue Tits famously learned to break open the foil caps sealing bottles of milk that had been delivered to homes to get at the cream floating on top. Diet : The tits are generalist insectivores that consume a wide range of small insects and other invertebrates, particularly small defoliating caterpillars. They also consume seeds and nuts, particularly in the winter. Sunflower seeds, peanuts, bread, suet.

Overview

Birds Details

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows

Pigeons

Starlings

Thrushes

Titmice

Woodpeckers

Cranes Description : Cranes are a family, Gruidae, of large, longlegged and long-necked birds in the order Gruiformes. There are fifteen species of crane in four genera. Unlike the similarlooking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Cranes live on all continents except Antarctica and South America. Most species of cranes are at the least classified as threatened, if not critically endangered, within their range. The plight of the Whooping Cranes of North America inspired some of the first US legislation to protect endangered species. Diet : They are opportunistic feeders that change their diet according to the season and their own nutrient requirements. They eat a range of items from suitably sized small rodents, fish, amphibians, and insects, to grain, berries, and plants.

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Creepers Description : The treecreepers are a family, Certhiidae, of small passerine birds, widespread in wooded regions of the Northern Hemisphere and sub-Saharan Africa. The family contains ten species in two genera, Certhia and Salpornis. Their plumage is dull-coloured, and as their name implies, they climb over the surface of trees in search of food. Diet : Suet, suet mix, sunflower seeds, nuts, cracked corn, bread

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Crossbills Description : The crossbill is a bird in the finch family (Fringillidae). The three to five (or possibly many more) species are all classified in the genus Loxia. These birds are characterised by the mandibles crossing at their tips, which gives the group its English name. Adult males tend to be red or orange in colour, and females green or yellow, but there is much variation. Diet : These are specialist feeders on conifer cones, and the unusual bill shape is an adaptation to assist the extraction of the seeds from the cone. These birds are typically found in higher northern hemisphere latitudes, where their food sources grows. They will erupt out of the breeding range when the cone crop fails. Crossbills breed very early in the year, often in winter months, to take advantage of maximum cone supplies. (Sunflower seeds, thistle)

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Magpies

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Crows Description : Crows are large passerine birds that form the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws (Eurasian and Daurian) to the Common Raven of the Holarctic region and Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 40 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents (except South America) and several offshore and oceanic islands (including Hawaii). In the United States and Canada, the word "crow" is used to refer to the American Crow. Diet : Bread, scraps, corn, suet

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Wrens

Doves Description : The Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) is a member of the dove family (Columbidae). The bird is also called the Turtle Dove or the American Mourning Dove or Rain Dove, and formerly was known as the Carolina Pigeon or Carolina Turtledove. Mourning Doves are light grey and brown and generally muted in color. Males and females are similar in appearance. It is one of the most abundant and widespread of all North American birds. It is also the leading gamebird, with more than 20 million birds (up to 70 million in some years) shot annually in the U.S., both for sport and for meat. Its ability to sustain its population under such pressure stems from its prolific breeding: in warm areas, one pair may raise up to six broods a year. Its plaintive woo-OO-oo-oo-oo call gives the bird its name. Diet : Cracked corn, sunflower seeds, milo, bread, thistle, nuts

Overview

Birds Details

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows

Pigeons

Starlings

Thrushes

Titmice

Woodpeckers

Ducks Description : Duck is the common name for a number of species in the Anatidae family of birds. The ducks are divided between several subfamilies in the Anatidae family; they do not represent a monophyletic group but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered ducks. Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, mostly smaller than the swans and geese, and may be found in both fresh water and sea water. Ducks are sometimes confused with several types of unrelated water birds with similar forms, such as loons or divers, grebes, gallinules, and coots. Diet : Ducks exploit a variety of food sources such as grasses, aquatic plants, fish, insects, small amphibians, worms, and small molluscs.

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Finches Description : The true finches are passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. They are predominantly seed-eating songbirds. Most are native to the Northern Hemisphere, but one subfamily is endemic to the Neotropics, one to the Hawaiian Islands, and one subfamily â&#x20AC;&#x201C; monotypic at genus level â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is found only in the Palaearctic. Many birds in other families are also commonly called "finches", including some species in the very similar-looking waxbills or estrildid finches (family Passeridae, subfamily Estrildinae) of the Old World tropics and Australia; several groups of the bunting and American sparrow family (Emberizidae); and Darwin's finches of the Galapagos islands, which provided evidence of natural selection and are now recognized to be peculiar tanagers (Thraupidae). Diet (American Goldfinches): Sunflower seeds, thistle/nyjer

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Finches Description : The true finches are passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. They are predominantly seed-eating songbirds. Most are native to the Northern Hemisphere, but one subfamily is endemic to the Neotropics, one to the Hawaiian Islands, and one subfamily â&#x20AC;&#x201C; monotypic at genus level â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is found only in the Palaearctic. Many birds in other families are also commonly called "finches", including some species in the very similar-looking waxbills or estrildid finches (family Passeridae, subfamily Estrildinae) of the Old World tropics and Australia; several groups of the bunting and American sparrow family (Emberizidae); and Darwin's finches of the Galapagos islands, which provided evidence of natural selection and are now recognized to be peculiar tanagers (Thraupidae). Diet (House Finches): Mixed seed, peanuts, fruit, suet, niger, sunflower, safflower, thistle

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Flickers Description : The Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woodpecker species that migrate. There are over 100 common names for the Northern Flicker. Among them are: Yellowhammer, clape, gaffer woodpecker, harry-wicket, heigh-ho, wake-up, walk-up, wickup, yarrup, and gawker bird. Many of these names are attempts at imitating some of its calls. Diet : Suet, peanut butter, sunflower seeds, fruit, meat, bread

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows

Bobwhites Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Towhees

Buntings

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Flycatchers Description : The Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae is a large family of small passerine birds mostly restricted to the Old World. These are mainly small arboreal insectivores, many of which, as the name implies, take their prey on the wing. The appearance of these birds is very varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls. They are small to medium birds, ranging from 10 to 21 centimetres in length. Many species are a dull brown in colour, but the plumage of some can be much brighter, especially in the males.[1] Most have broad flattened bills suited to catching insects in flight, although the few ground foraging species typically have finer bills. Diet : Insects

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Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Grackles Description : The 32 cm (13 in) long adult has a long dark bill, pale yellowish eyes and a long tail; its feathers appear black with purple, green or blue iridescence on the head, and primarily bronze shine in the body plumage. The adult female is smaller and usually less iridescent; her tail in particular is shorter, and unlike the males, does not keel in flight and is brown with no purple or blue gloss. The juvenile is brown with dark brown eyes. Diet : Sunflower seeds, bread, scraps

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Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins

Cranes

Creepers

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Sapsuckers

Towhees

Buntings

Doves

Orioles

Swallows

Bobwhites

Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Grosbeaks Description : Grosbeak is a form taxon containing several species of seed-eating passerine birds with large beaks. Although they all belong to the superfamily Passeroidea, they are not a natural group but rather a polyphyletic assemblage of distantly related songbirds. Diet : Sunflower seeds, safflower, apple, fruit, suet, millet, bread, peanut kernels

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins

Cranes

Creepers

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Sapsuckers

Towhees

Buntings

Doves

Orioles

Swallows

Bobwhites

Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins

Cranes

Creepers

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Sapsuckers

Towhees

Buntings

Doves

Orioles

Swallows

Bobwhites

Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Hummingbirds Description : Hummingbirds are birds that comprise the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring in the 7.5–13 cm (3–5 in) range. Indeed, the smallest extant bird species is a hummingbird, the 5-cm Bee Hummingbird. They can hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings 12–90 times per second (depending on the species). They are also the only group of birds able to fly backwards. Their English name derives from the characteristic hum made by their rapid wing beats. They can fly at speeds exceeding 15 m/s (54 km/h, 34 mi/h). Diet : Plant nectars, small insects, sugar water, instant nectars

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Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Jays Description : The jays are several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the crow family Corvidae. The names jay and magpie are somewhat interchangeable, and the evolutionary relationships are rather complex. For example, the Eurasian Magpie seems more closely related to the Eurasian Jay than to the Oriental Blue and Green Magpies, whereas the Blue Jay is not closely related to either. Diet (Stellerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jays) : Nuts, scraps, suet

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Pigeons

Sparrows Thrushes

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Jays Description : The jays are several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the crow family Corvidae. The names jay and magpie are somewhat interchangeable, and the evolutionary relationships are rather complex. For example, the Eurasian Magpie seems more closely related to the Eurasian Jay than to the Oriental Blue and Green Magpies, whereas the Blue Jay is not closely related to either. Diet (Blue Jays) : Sunflower seed, safflower, cracked corn, peanuts, suet, bread, peanut butter, lard mixes, seed mixes

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Pigeons

Sparrows

Starlings

Thrushes Woodpeckers

Juncos Description : A Junco, genus Junco, is a small North American bird. Junco systematics are still confusing after decades of research, with various authors accepting between three and twelve species. Despite having a name that appears to derive from the Spanish term for the plant genus Juncus (rushes), these birds are seldom found among rush plants, as these prefer wet ground, while junco like dry soil. These birds forage on the ground. In winter, they often forage in flocks. They eat mainly insects and seeds. They usually nest in a well-hidden location on the ground or low in a shrub or tree. Diet : Millet, sunflower seeds, cracked corn, peanuts, bread, nut meats, thistle, suet

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Birds Details

Titmice Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Magpies Description : Magpies are passerine birds of the crow family, Corvidae. In Europe, "magpie" is often used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie, as there are no other magpies in Europe outside Iberia. That bird was referred to as a "pie" until the late 16th century when the feminine name "mag" was added to the beginning. Magpies are believed to be one of the most intelligent of all animals: the European Magpie is one of the few animal species known to be able to recognize itself in a mirror test. Diet : Scraps, suet, peanuts, bread

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Martins Description : The Purple Martin (Progne subis) is the largest North American swallow. These aerial acrobats have speed and agility in flight, and when approaching their housing, will dive from the sky at great speeds with their wings tucked. Diet : Purple Martins are aerial insectivores, meaning that they catch insects from the air. The birds are agile hunters and eat a variety of winged insects. Rarely, they will come to the ground to eat insects. They usually fly relatively high, so, contrary to popular opinion, mosquitos do not form a large part of their diet.

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows

Pigeons

Starlings

Thrushes

Titmice

Woodpeckers

Mockingbirds Description : Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the Mimidae family. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians, often loudly and in rapid succession. There are about 17 species in three genera. These do not appear to form a monophyletic lineage: Mimus and Nesomimus are quite closely related; their closest living relatives appear to be some thrashers, such as the Sage Thrasher. Melanotis is more distinct; it seems to represent a very ancient basal lineage of Mimidae. Diet : Halved apples, fruit, bread, suet, sunflower seeds, nuts

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows

Bobwhites Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Towhees

Buntings

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows

Pigeons

Starlings

Thrushes Woodpeckers

Nuthatches Description : The nuthatches are a genus, Sitta, of small passerine birds belonging to the family Sittidae. Characterised by large heads, short tails, and powerful bills and feet, nuthatches advertise their territory using loud, simple songs. Most species exhibit grey or bluish upperparts and a black eye stripe. Diet : Nuthatches are omnivorous, eating mostly insects, nuts and seeds. They forage for insects hidden in or under bark by climbing along tree trunks and branches, sometimes upsidedown. They forage within their territories when breeding, but may join mixed feeding flocks at other times. Their habit of wedging a large food item in a crevice and then hacking at it with their strong bills gives this group its English name. (Suet, suet mix, sunflower seeds, nuts, cracked corn, bread)

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Birds Details

Titmice Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Pigeons

Sparrows Thrushes

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Orioles Description : The orioles and figbirds are medium sized passerines, around 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;30 cm in length, with the females only slightly smaller than the males.[1] The beak is slightly curved and hooked, and, except in the figbirds, as long again as the head. The plumage of most species is bright and showy, although the females often have duller plumage than the males do. The plumage of many Australasian orioles mimics that of friarbirds (a genus of large honeyeaters), probably to reduce aggression against the smaller orioles. Diet : Oranges, apples, grape jelly, oriole jelly, sugar water, soft raisins, suet

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Owls Description : Owls are a group of birds that belong to the order Strigiformes, constituting 200 extant bird of prey species. Most are solitary and nocturnal, with some exceptions (e.g. the Northern Hawk Owl). Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish. They are found in all regions of the Earth except Antarctica, most of Greenland and some remote islands. Though owls are typically solitary, the literary collective noun for a group of owls is a parliament. Living owls are divided into two families: the typical owls, Strigidae; and the barn-owls, Tytonidae.

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows

Pigeons

Starlings

Thrushes Woodpeckers

Phoebes Description : They prefer semi-open or open areas. These birds wait on a perch and then catch insects in flight, also sometimes picking them up from the ground. Their nest is an open cup sometimes placed on man-made structures. They often slowly lower and raise their tails while perched. Diet : Bees, wasps, ants, mealworms

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Titmice Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Pigeons Description : Pigeons and doves constitute the bird family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes, which include some 300 species of near passerines. In general terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used somewhat interchangeably. In ornithological practice, there is a tendency for "dove" to be used for smaller species and "pigeon" for larger ones, but this is in no way consistently applied, and historically the common names for these birds involve a great deal of variation between the terms "dove" and "pigeon." Unlike most other birds (but see flamingo), the doves and pigeons produce "crop milk", which is secreted by a sloughing of fluid-filled cells from the lining of the crop. Both sexes produce this highly nutritious substance to feed to the young. Diet : Cracked corn, sunflower seeds, milo, bread, thistle, nuts

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Robins Description : The American Robin or North American Robin[2] (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. It is named after the European Robin[3] because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the flycatcher family. The American Robin is widely distributed throughout North America, wintering south of Canada from Florida to central Mexico and along the Pacific Coast. It is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Diet : Apples, sunflower seed, bread, grapes, suet, mealworms, berries, raisins, nut meal, seed mixes

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows

Bobwhites Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Towhees

Buntings

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Sapsuckers Description : The Sapsuckers form the genus Sphyrapicus within the woodpecker family Picidae. All are found in North America. As their name implies, sapsuckers feed primarily on the sap of trees, moving among different tree and shrub species on a seasonal basis. Insects, especially those attracted to the sweet sap exuding from sap holes, are often captured and fed to the young during the breeding season. The most easily recognized sap holes are found in birch trees during the breeding season. Because sapsuckers attack living trees, they are often considered a pest species. Diet : Nutmeats, suet, fruit

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Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Pigeons

Sparrows Thrushes

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Siskins Description : The Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) is a North American bird in the finch family. It is a migratory bird with an extremely sporadic winter range. Adults are brown on the upperparts and pale on the underparts, with heavy streaking throughout. They have a short forked tail. They have yellow patches in their wings and tail, not always visible; otherwise, it appears to be a very small streaked sparrow. Diet : Oranges, apples, grape jelly, oriole jelly, sugar water, soft raisins, suet

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes Woodpeckers

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice Wrens

Sparrows Description : The sparrows, true sparrows, or Old World sparrows in the family Passeridae are small passerine birds. As eight or more species nest in or near buildings, and the House Sparrow and Eurasian Tree Sparrow in particular inhabit cities in large numbers, sparrows may be the most familiar of all wild birds. Diet : Millet, peanut kernels, suet, bread, canary seed, sunflower seed

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Birds Details

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows

Pigeons

Starlings

Thrushes Woodpeckers

Titmice Wrens

Sparrows Description : The sparrows, true sparrows, or Old World sparrows in the family Passeridae are small passerine birds. As eight or more species nest in or near buildings, and the House Sparrow and Eurasian Tree Sparrow in particular inhabit cities in large numbers, sparrows may be the most familiar of all wild birds. Diet (Song Sparrow): Sunflower seeds, seed mixes, bread, thistle, millet

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Birds Details

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes Woodpeckers

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice Wrens

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Birds Details

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Starlings Description : Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Sturnidae. The name "Sturnidae" comes from the Latin word for starling, sturnus. Starlings occur naturally in the Old World, from Europe, Asia and Africa, to northern Australia and the islands of the tropical Pacific. Several European and Asian species have been introduced to these areas as well as North America, Hawaii and New Zealand, where they generally compete for habitat with native birds and are considered to be invasive species. The starling species familiar to most people in Europe and North America is the European Starling. Diet : Bread, scraps, suet

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Swallows Description : The swallows and martins are a group of passerine birds in the family Hirundinidae which are characterised by their adaptation to aerial feeding. Swallow is used colloquially in Europe as a synonym for the Barn Swallow. Diet : For the most part swallows are insectivorous, taking flying insects on the wing. Across the whole family a wide range of insects are taken from most insect groups, but the composition of any one prey type in the diet varies by species and with the time of year. In addition to insect prey a number of species will occasionally consume fruits and other plant matter.

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Tanagers Description : The tanagers comprise the bird family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has an American distribution. Tanagers are small to medium-sized birds. There were traditionally about 240 species of tanagers, but the taxonomic treatment of this family's members is currently in a state of flux. As more of these birds are studied using modern molecular techniques it is expected that some genera may be relocated elsewhere. Diet : Suet, fruit, sugar water, mealworms, bread

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins

Cranes

Creepers

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Sapsuckers

Towhees

Buntings

Doves

Orioles

Swallows

Bobwhites

Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Thrashers Description : The Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum), sometimes erroneously called the Brown Thrush, is a bird in the Mimidae family, a group that also includes the New World catbirds and mockingbirds. The Brown Thrasher is bright reddish-brown above with thin, dark streaks on its buffy underparts. Its long rufous tail is rounded with paler corners. Eyes are a brilliant gold. Adults average about 11.5 in (29 cm) long with a wingspan of 13 in (33 cm), and have an average mass of 2.4 oz (68 g). Diet : Orange halves, cracked corn

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Thrushes Description : The thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur worldwide. Thrushes are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized birds, inhabiting wooded areas, and often feed on the ground or eat small fruit. Most species are grey or brown in colour, often with speckled underparts. The songs of some species, including members of the genera Catharus, Myadestes, and Turdus, are considered to be among the most beautiful in the avian world. Diet : They are insectivorous, but most species also eat worms, land snails, and fruit. Many species are permanently resident in warm climes, while others migrate to higher latitudes during summer, often over considerable distances. (Apples, sunflower seed, bread, grapes, suet, mealworms, berries, raisins, nut meal, seed mixes)

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Wrens

Titmice Description : Baeolophus is a genus of bird, commonly known as titmice in the Paridae family, all of which are native to North America. In the past, most authorities retained Baeolophus as a subgenus within the genus Parus, but treatment as a distinct genus, initiated by the American Ornithologists Union, is now widely accepted. Diet : Sunflower seeds, suet, bread, safflower, peanuts, peanut kernel

Overview

Birds Details

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows

Pigeons

Starlings

Thrushes

Titmice

Woodpeckers

Towhees Description : A towhee is any one of a number of species of birds in the genus Pipilo or Melozone within the family Emberizidae (which also includes the buntings, American sparrows, and juncos). Towhees typically have longer tails than other emberizids. Most species tend to avoid humans, so they are not well known, though the Eastern Towhee P. erythrophthalamus is bolder as well as more colorful. This species, and some others, may be seen in urban parks and gardens. Diet : Millet, sunflower seeds, peanuts, grapes, cracked corn, suet

Overview

Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Pigeons

Sparrows Thrushes

Starlings Titmice

Woodpeckers

Warblers Description : There are a number of Passeriformes (perching birds) called "warblers". They are not particularly closely related, but share some characteristics, such as being fairly small, vocal and insectivorous. They are mostly brownish or dull greenish in color. They tend to be more easily heard than seen. Identification can be difficult and may be made on the basis of song alone. To Englishspeaking Europeans, warblers are the archetypal "LBJs" (little brown jobs). Diet : Suet, suet mix, water, fruit, breads, sugar water, nut pieces

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins

Cranes

Creepers

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Sapsuckers

Towhees

Buntings

Doves

Orioles

Swallows

Bobwhites

Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes Woodpeckers

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice Wrens

Waxwings Description : Waxwings are characterised by soft silky plumage. (Bombycilla, the genus name, is Vieillot's attempt at Latin for "silktail", translating the German name Seidenschw채nze.)[1] They have unique red tips to some of the wing feathers where the shafts extend beyond the barbs; in the Bohemian and Cedar Waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax, and give the group its common name (Holloway 2003). The legs are short and strong, and the wings are pointed. The male and female have the same plumage. All three species have mainly brown plumage, a black line through the eye and black under the chin, a square-ended tail with a red or yellow tip, and a pointed crest. The bill, eyes, and feet are dark. Calls are highpitched, buzzing or trilling monosyllables (Sibley 2000, MacKinnon and Phillipps 2000). Diet : Berries, raisins, sliced apple, canned peas, currants, grapes

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Birds Details

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins

Cranes

Creepers

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Sapsuckers

Towhees

Buntings

Doves

Orioles

Swallows

Bobwhites

Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows Thrushes Woodpeckers

Pigeons

Starlings Titmice Wrens

Overview

Birds Details

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows

Pigeons

Starlings

Thrushes

Titmice

Woodpeckers

Woodpeckers Description : The woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions. Most species live in forests or woodland habitats, although a few species are known to live in treeless areas such as rocky hillsides and deserts. Diet : Insects, fruit, sunflower seeds, suet, nuts, sugar water

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows

Pigeons

Starlings

Thrushes

Titmice

Woodpeckers

Wrens Description : The wrens are passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae. There are approximately 80 species of true wrens in approximately 20 genera. The genus eponymous of the family is Troglodytes. Only the Eurasian Wren occurs in the Old World, where in Anglophone regions it is commonly known simply as the "wren" as it is the originator of the name. Most wrens are small and rather inconspicuous, except for their loud and often complex songs. Notable exceptions are the relatively large members of the genus Campylorhynchus, which can be quite bold in their behavior. Wrens have short wings that are barred in most species, and they often hold their tails upright. Diet : As far as known, wrens are primarily insectivorous, eating insects, spiders and other small arthropods, but many species also eat vegetable matter and some will take small frogs/lizards. (Suet, suet mix, peanut butter, bread, apples)

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Birds Details

Wrens

Nest Blackbirds

Blue Tits

Cardinals

Bluebirds

Catbirds

Crossbills

Chickadees

Crows

Flickers

Flycatchers

Jays

Juncos

Nuthatches

Robins Swallows Towhees

Bobwhites

Buntings

Cranes

Creepers

Doves

Ducks

Grackles

Grosbeaks

Orioles

Sapsuckers Tanagers

Magpies Owls

Siskins Thrashers

Warblers

Waxwings

Finches

Hummingbirds

Martins

Mockingbirds

Phoebes

Sparrows

Pigeons

Starlings

Thrushes

Titmice

Woodpeckers

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Wrens

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Blue Jay, Gold Finch, House Wren, Wrens, Northern Flicker, Red Poll, Robin, Bluebird, Thrush, Black Billed Magpie, Brown Headed Cowbird, Bushtit, Cardinals, Black Capped Chickadees, Crows, Magpies, Grosbeaks, Buntings, Grackles, Titmouse, Nuthatches, Creepers, Mockingbirds, Thrashers, Kinglets, Warblers, Tanagers, Song Sparrows, Starlings, Sparrows, Pigeons, Doves

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique: In a suspended rectangular cage. Maintenance: Clean once every week or so with hot, soapy water. If there have been resports of salmonella in the area, or you've seen sick birds, rinse in a bleach solution. Clean the ground below the feeder to prevent buildup or rotting food.

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Wrens, Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpeckers, Hairy Woodpeckers

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique:

Coated onto a pine cone or something similar and hung outside.

Maintenance: Clean once every week or so with hot, soapy water. If there have been resports of salmonella in the area, or you've seen sick birds, rinse in a A common, simple outdoor bird feeder can be made bleach solution. Cleanby the ground below the feeder coating a pine cone once with peanut butter, then to prevent buildup or rotting food. again with birdseed.

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: House Finch, Indigo Bunting, Cardinals, Black Capped Chickadees, Magpies, Downy Woodpeckers, Grosbeaks, Buntings, Titmouse, Warblers, White Breasted Nuthatches, Towhees, Red Bellied Woodpeckers

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique:

In a suspended cylindrical cage.

Maintenance: Clean once every week or so with hot, soapy water. If there have been resports of salmonella in the area, or you've seen sick birds, rinse in a bleach solution. Clean the ground below the feeder to prevent buildup or rotting food.

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Titmouse, Buntings, Grosbeaks, Chickadees, Sparrows

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique:

In a typical top load bird feeder.

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: grouse, pheasants, turkeys, quails, cardinals, grosbeaks, crows, ravens, jays, doves, ducks, cranes, and other species. It will also desirably attract game animals such as: geese, raccoons, bear and deer

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique:

Corn should be used on tray feeders for short amounts of time since it can mold and never in tube feeders which can harbor moisture.

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Pine Siskin, Robin, Bluebird, Thrush, Cardinals, Nuthatches, Creepers, Mockingbirds, Thrashers, Stellers Jays, Hairy Woodpeckers, Yellow Bellied Sapsuckers, Pigeons, Doves, Woodpeckers

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique:

In a suspended cylindrical cage.

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Indigo Bunting, Pine Siskin, Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings, Song Sparrows, Tree Sparrows, Sparrows, Quail, Juncos, Towhees, Rufhouse Sided Towhee, Mourning Dove

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique:

In a typical top load bird feeder.

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Downy Woodpeckers

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique:

In a suspended rectangular cage.

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Pine Siskin

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique:

In a typical top load bird feeder.

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Waxwings

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms Suet Fruit Nectar Grape Jelly Meat Cheese Scraps

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Black oil sunflower seeds attract a wide variety of birds. Regular visitors may include common species such as Chickadees, Tree Sparrows, Northern Cardinals, American Goldfinches, Tufted Titmice, Mourning Doves, Nuthatches, Downy, Hairy and Redbellied Woodpeckers, Carolina Wrens and House Finches.Irregular visitors such as Evening Grosbeaks, Purple Finches, Pine Siskins, Redpolls and Crossbills also enjoy black oil sunflower seeds.

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique:

It is best offered in hanging tubular feeders and hopper feeders.

Maintenance: Clean once every week or so with hot, soapy water. If there have been resports of salmonella in the area, or you've seen sick birds, rinse in a This is the most popular seedbleach at feeders. It is aClean small,the all black sunflower solution. ground below the feeder seed that has a high fat content and a thin shell that is easy for the birds to prevent buildup or rotting food. to open. You can usually buy it in a variety of size bags. Often it is placed with other seeds to form what is called a mixed seed. It should be the start of any feeding station.

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique:

It is best offered in hanging tubular feeders and hopper feeders.

Maintenance: Clean once every week or so with hot, soapy water. If there have been resports of salmonella in the area, or you've seen sick birds, rinse in a This is a larger type of sunflower seed that hasClean a lower fatground content below and a the feeder bleach solution. the harder shell. It is black with white longitudinal stripes. It is harder for to prevent buildup or rotting food. birds to open and not favored by birds as much as black oil sunflower seed.

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: This attracts a greater variety of birds than sunflower with the hulls on because birds that normally could not crack open the shell can eat it. Woodpeckers, Mockingbirds, Wrens, Woodpeckers along with chickadees, titmice, nuthatches, goldfinches, house finches, cardinals, grosbeaks, sparrows

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique:

It is best offered in hanging tubular feeders and hopper feeders.

Maintenance: Clean once every week or so with hot, soapy water. If there have been resports of salmonella in the area, or you've seen sick birds, rinse in a This is sunflower seeds without the hulls. It comes as the either complete bleach solution. Clean ground below the feeder hulled seeds or as sunflower chips. There are advantages for you and for to prevent buildup or rotting food. the birds. For you, there is no accumulation of hulls under the feeder that needs to be cleaned up; for the birds, it is easier to eat.

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Small finch like birds: Goldfinches, Purple Finches, House Finch, Mourning Doves.

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique:

Feeders with small food ports or mesh tube feeders / Thistle Sock

Maintenance: Clean once every week or so with hot, soapy water. If there have been resports of salmonella in the area, or you've seen sick birds, rinse in a Nyjer, niger and thistle are all namessolution. used to identify a tiny, black below the feeder bleach Clean the ground birdseed cultivated in Asia and Africa that is high in calories and oil to prevent buildup or rotting food. content, loved by finches and other wild birds, and has been used in the feeding of wild birds for more than 40 years.

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Blackbirds,Bluebirds, Blue Tits.Blue Jay, Common Grackle, Catbirds, Colorful tanagers, Fig parrots, Lories, Pied wagtails, Robins,Small and large parakeets, Treecreepers, Thrushes, Downy Woodpeckers, Wrens, Warblers,

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique:

they can be feed dry or soaked in warm water for a few minutes to re-hydrate them.

Suet Fruit Nectar Grape Jelly

Dried Mealworms are a nutritious treat for all wild birds. Dried Mealworms are rich in protein and fat that can be fed all year round either as a treat or mixed with other wild bird foods.

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Three Toed Woodpecker,Black-backed Woodpecker, Black-capped Chickadee, Boreal Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Whitebreasted Nuthatch, Purple Finch, Blue Jay, Gray Jay, Blackbilled Magpie, American Crow, Common Raven, Starling, Common Grackle (Blackbird

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique:

Suet bird feeders come in many shapes and sizes. They are designed for many different purposes and functions.

Suet Fruit

Maintenance:

Used straight from the animal the bird suet is flaky and well accepted by wild birds. But all bits of meat must be removed from the fresh suet or it will spoil. Suet is raw beef or mutton fat, especially the hard fat found around the loins and kidneys. Suet offers energy-rich nutrition with its high fat content. Suet keeps birds warm during cold temperatures making it the perfect food for cold weather feeding. It is also the ideal food for high activity times like spring.

Nectar Grape Jelly Meat Cheese Scraps

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Bird Food Illustrated

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Orioles, Grosbeaks, Flickers, Catbirds, Towhees, Robins, Mockingbirds, Cedar Waxwings, Blue Jays, Chickadees, Woodpeckers, Finches, Titmice

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique:

Fruit can be offered in hanging feeders, on platform feeders or in wire mesh fruit feeders.

Suet Fruit

Maintenance:

It is important to check your fruit offerings daily for spoilage, especially during the warmer weather months. Also, be sure to clean fruit feeders at least once a week even often when theand temperatures Try orange slices, diced freshand fruit suchmore as apples, melons grapes; or are higher to keep them free of bacteria. even dried fruit, such as raisins or currants.

Nectar Grape Jelly Meat Cheese Scraps

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Bird Food Illustrated

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Hummingbirds, Orioles

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique:

Adding red food coloring is unnecessary and possibly harmful to birds. Red portals on the feeder, or even a red ribbon tied on top, will attract the birds just as well.

Maintenance:

Change nectar every three to five days to prevent mold and deadly fermentation. NEVER use honey or artificial sweeteners.will Honey grows moldfrom that can be Apart from plant nectar, hummingbirds alsoreadily take sugar-water harmful hummingbirds. bird feeders. White granulated sugar to is the best sweetener to use in hummingbird feeders.

Suet Fruit Nectar Grape Jelly Meat Cheese Scraps

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Bird Food Illustrated

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Orioles

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms

Distribution Technique: In a bowl.

Suet

Fruit Nectar Grape Jelly Meat Cheese Scraps

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Bird Food Illustrated

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Northern Flicker, Black Billed Magpie, Roadrunners

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms Suet Fruit Nectar Grape Jelly

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Bird Food Illustrated

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Hairy Woodpeckers, Robins

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms Suet Fruit Nectar Grape Jelly Meat Cheese Scraps

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Bird Food Illustrated

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Bread Peanut Butter Peanuts Peanut Kernels Cracked Corn Nuts Millet Cornbread Rolled Oats Canned Peas, Currants

Birds Attracted: Crows, Magpies, Grackles, Stellers Jays

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds Striped Sunflower Seeds Hulled Sunflower Seeds Nyjen Seed Mealworms Suet Fruit Nectar Grape Jelly

While a diet composed completely of scraps is less suitable, occasional scraps are easily incorporated into birdsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; high metabolic rates without detrimental effects. In winter months, when alternative natural food is minimized, scraps provide greater variety and different proteins, fats and carbohydrates that are not always abundant in birdseed mixes.

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WILD BIRD SPECIES

PREFERRED FOOD

READILY EATEN

Quail, Pheasants

Cracked Corn

Millet, Berries

Pigeons, Doves

Millet

Sunflower, Milo, Bread, Nuts, Cracked Corn, Thistle

Roadrunners

Meat Scraps

Suet

Hummingbirds

Plant Nectar, Small Insects

Sugar Water, commercial instant nectars

Woodpeckers

Suet , Meat Scraps, Insects

Fruit, Nuts, Sunflower Seed , Sugar Water

Jays

Whole Peanuts,Peanut Kernels

Sunflower Seed, Suet , Bread Products, Cracked Corn

Crows, Magpies

Meat Scraps, Suet

Peanuts, Bread Products

Titmice, Chickadees

Peanut Kernels, Sunflower

Sunflower Seed, Suet, Bread Products

Creepers, Nuthatches

Suet,

Sunflower, Nuts, Cracked Corn, Bread

Wrens

Suet ,

Peanut Butter, Bread Products, Apples

Mockingbirds, Thrashers

Halved Apples, Fruit

Bread Products, Suet, Sunflower Seed, Nuts

Robins, Bluebirds,Thrushes

Suet , Mealworms, Berries, Water

Bread Products, Raisins, Currants, Nut Meal

Purple Martins

Mosquitoes, beetles, flies, moths

Insects, man-made shelter and a water source is important

Flycatchers, Phoebes

Bees, Wasps & Ants

Meal Worms

Kinglets

Suet

Bread Products

Waxwings

Berries, Raisins

Sliced Apples, Canned Peas, Currants

Warblers

Suet , Suet Mix, Water

Fruit, Breads, Sugar Water, Nut Pieces

Tanagers

Suet , Fruit

Sugar Water, Mealworms, Bread Products

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings

Sunflower Seed , Safflower

Safflower, Apple, Fruits, Suet , Millet, Breads, Peanut Kernels

Towhees, Juncos

Millet, Sunflower Seed

Cracked Corn, Peanuts, Bread, Nut Meats

Sparrows

Millet, Peanut Kernels, Suet

Bread Crumbs, Canary Seed, Sunflower Seed

Blackbirds, Starlings

Cracked Corn, Milo, Bread, Suet

Millet, Suet, Breads, Cracked Corn, Nut Meats

Orioles

Sugar Water, Fruit Pieces

Jelly, Suet , Soft Raisins, Orange Halves

Goldfinches, Finches ,Pine Siskins

Thistle/Nyjer Seed,Sunflower

Hulled Sunflower, Millet, Fruits, Suet , Peanuts

Owls, Raptors

Small mammals, small birds, lizards, snakes

Water

Illustrated

Food Preference List

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BIRD SPECIES

FLOOR SIZE

BOX HEIGHT

ENTRANCE ABOVE FLOOR

ENTRANCE HOLE

HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND

American Robin*

7" x 8"

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6-15'

Barn Owls

10" x 18"

15-18"

12-18'

Bluebirds

5" x 5"

8-12"

6-10"

1 1/2 to 1 9/16"

4-6'

Chickadees

4" x 4"

8-10"

6-8"

1 1/8"

4-15'

Common & Northern Flicker

7" x 7"

16-18"

14-16"

2 1/2"

6-20'

Flycatchers

6" x 6"

8-12"

6-10"

1 1/2 to 1 /4"

5-15'

House Finch

6" x 6"

8-12'

House Sparrows

4" x 4" to 5" x 5"

9-12"

6-7"

1 3/16 - 2"

Nuthatches

4" x 4"

8-10"

6-8"

1 1/4 to 1 3/8"

5-15'

Osprey

48" x 48" Platform

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Phoebes

6" x 6"

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8-12'

Purple Martins

7" x 11"

1-2"

1 3/4" - 2 1/4"

10-15'

Downy Woodpecker

4" x 4"

8-10"

6-8"

1 1/4"

5-15'

Hairy Woodpecker

6" x 6"

12-15"

9-12"

1 1/2"

8-20'

Pileated Woodpecker

8" x 8"

16-24"

12-20"

3x4"

15-25'

Red-Bellied Woodpecker

6" x 6"

12-15"

9-12"

2 1/2"

10-20'

Red-Headed Woodpecker

6" x 6"

12-15"

9-12"

10-20'

Red-Tailed Hawk and Great HornedOwl

24" x 24" Platform

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Screech Owls and Kestrels

8" x 8"

12-15"

9-12"

10-30'

Barn Swallows*

6" x 6"

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8-12'

Violet-Green and TreeSwallows

5" x 5"

6-8"

4-6"

1 1/2"

5-15'

Titmice

4" x 4"

10-12"

6-10"

1 1/4"

5-15'

Prothonotary Warbler

5" x 5"

4-5"

1 1/8"

4-8'

Wood Ducks

10" x 18"

10-24"

12-16"

10-20'

Wrens

4" x 4"

6-8"

4-6"

1 to 1 1/2"

5-10'

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker

5" x 5"

12-15"

9-12"

1 1/2"

10-20'

Bird Houses Measurements

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Feeding Adaption in Beak

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