Seed Preference Guide for Bird Feeders

*v*=top preference

BLUEJAY
Oil Sunflower
Striped Sunflower
Safflower
Cracked Corn
Shelled Peanuts *v*
Peanuts in the Shell

BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD
Sunflower Chips
White Millet *v*

BROWN THRASHER
Cracked Corn

CARDINAL
Oil Sunflower *v*
Striped Sunflower
Sunflower Chips
Safflower
Cracked Corn
White Millet

CHICKADEE
Oil Sunflower *v*
Striped Sunflower
Sunflower Chips
Safflower
Shelled Peanuts

DARK-EYED JUNCO
Oil Sunflower
Nyjer
Cracked Corn
White Millet *v*

EASTERN BLUEBIRD
Cracked Corn

EVENING GROSBEAK
Oil Sunflower *v*
Striped Sunflower

GOLD FINCH
Oil Sunflower
Sunflower Chips
Nyjer *v*

HOUSE FINCH
Oil Sunflower *v*
Striped Sunflower
Sunflower Chips
Safflower
Nyjer

PURPLE FINCH
Oil Sunflower *v*
Striped Sunflower
Nyjer

GRACKLE
Oil Sunflower *v*
Striped Sunflower
Sunflower Chips
Cracked Corn

MOURNING DOVE
Oil Sunflower
Sunflower Chips
Safflower
Cracked Corn
White Millet *v*

REDPOLL
Oil Sunflower

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD
Oil Sunflower
Sunflower Chips
Cracked Corn
White Millet

ROCK DOVE
Cracked Corn

HOUSE SPARROW
Oil Sunflower
Striped Sunflower
Sunflower Chips
Safflower
Nyjer
Cracked Corn
White Millet *v*

SONG SPARROW
Oil Sunflower
Nyjer
White Millet *v*

TREE SPARROW
Cracked Corn
White Millet *v*

WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
Oil Sunflower *v*
Striped Sunflower
White Millet

WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
Oil Sunflower *v*
Striped Sunflower
Sunflower Chips
Nyjer
Cracked Corn

STARLING
Cracked Corn
White Millet *v*

TUFTED TITMOUSE
Oil Sunflower
Striped Sunflower *v*
Safflower
Shelled Peanuts *v*
Peanuts in the Shell

WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH
Oil Sunflower *v*
Striped Sunflower
Safflower
Shelled Peanuts

DOWNY, HAIRY,& RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
Oil Sunflower
Sunflower Chips *v*
Shelled Peanuts
Peanuts in the Shell

RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Oil Sunflower
Peanuts in the Shell

WREN
Sunflower Chips

(Acknowlegement to Nature’s Barn of Lithopolis, Ohio)

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