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Bird Feed Chart
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Feeder Styles:
1=Ground
2=Suet
3=Tray, Platform
4=Tube
5=Fly through
6=Window
7= Hopper
8=Nectar
9=Not Particular
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Feed Information
Seed Mix: a combination of millet, sunflower
and other grains suited to a wide variety of birds
Black Sunflower: also called 'oil seed', popular with
many birds, high in calories
Sunflower hearts: hulled grey sunflower seed
Millet: a grain popular with many small seed-eaters and ground-feeding
birds
Peanut Picks or 'pick-outs': broken peanut
pieces, high in calories
Peanut hearts: shelled peanuts
Peanut butter: can be mixed with suet or grains, appeals
to many birds
Safflower: high in calories, sometimes ignored by squirrels
Whole corn: usually suited only to larger birds
Crack corn: medium in calories, liked by many common
birds such as Sparrows
Suet: usually beet suet, great for insect eaters and others
in winter for high calorie content
Wheat: enjoyed by larger birds and ground feeders
Nectar: good calorie source for fruit eaters, the only food
for Hummingbirds
Fruit: valuable vitamin source in cold weather, liked by many
birds
Thistle: Niger thistle seed, a favorite of small seed-eaters
like Chickadees and Finches
Baked goods: popular with ducks and geese, and many
more 'domestic' birds
Raisins: especially good in the winter as a source of calories
for many birds |
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Bird
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Feed
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Feeder
Type
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| Blackbird: |
Seed mix, Black Sunflower, Millet, Peanut
Picks, Whole Corn, Crack Corn |
3,4
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| Blue Jay: |
Seed mix, Black Sunflower,
Sunflower Hearts, Peanut Picks, Peanut Hearts, Peanut Butter, Safflower,
Crack Corn, Suet, Wheat, Nectar, Baked Goods, Raisins |
3,5
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| Bluebird: |
Peanut Hearts, Peanut Butter,
Safflower, Fruit, Baked Goods, Raisins |
rare
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| Brown Creeper: |
Wheat |
pole
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| Brown Thrasher: |
Peanut Butter, Suet, Baked
Goods |
3
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| Cardinal: |
Seed mix, Black Sunflower, Sunflower Hearts,
Peanut Hearts, Peanut Butter, Safflower, Crack Corn, Suet, Baked Goods |
1,3,9
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| Catbird: |
Peanut Picks,Peanut Hearts, Suet, Baked
Goods, Raisins |
3
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| Chickadee: |
Seed mix, Black Sunflower, Sunflower Hearts,
Peanut Picks, Peanut Hearts, Peanut Butter, Suet, Thistle, Baked Goods |
3,4,6,7
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| Crossbill: |
Black Sunflower, Sunflower Hearts |
4, rare
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| Dove: |
Seed mix, Black Sunflower, Millet, Crack
Corn, Baked Goods |
1
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| Duck: |
Crack Corn, Wheat, Baked Goods |
1
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| Finch, House: |
Seed mix, Black Sunflower, Sunflower Hearts,
Millet, Peanut Butter, Crack Corn, Suet, Wheat, Thistle |
9
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| Finch, Purple: |
Seed mix, Black Sunflower, Sunflower Hearts,
Peanut Hearts, Safflower, Crack Corn, Thistle, Baked Goods, Raisins |
9
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| Flicker: |
Seed mix,, Peanut Butter, Crack Corn, Suet,
Wheat, Raisins |
1,2
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| Goldfinch: |
Sunflower Hearts, Peanut Hearts, Thistle |
4,6
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| Goose: |
Whole Corn, Crack Corn, Wheat, Baked Goods |
1
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| Grackle: |
Seed mix, Black Sunflower, Peanut Picks,
Peanut Hearts, Peanut Butter, Suet, Wheat, Baked Goods |
9
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| Grosbeak: |
Seed mix, Black Sunflower, Peanut Picks,
Safflower, Crack Corn, Fruit, Raisins |
1,3,5,7
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| Hummer: |
Nectar |
8
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| Indigo Bunting: |
Millet, Thistle |
9
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| Junco: |
Seed mix, Black Sunflower, Sunflower Hearts,
Millet, Peanut Hearts, Peanut Butter, Wheat, Thistle, Baked Goods |
1
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| Kinglet: |
Peanut Picks, Peanut Hearts, Nectar, Fruit,
Baked Goods |
9
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| Mocking Bird: |
Black Sunflower, Sunflower Hearts, Peanut
Butter, Fruit |
3
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| Nuthatch: |
Seed mix, Black Sunflower, Sunflower Hearts,
Peanut Picks, Peanut Hearts, Peanut Butter, Suet, Wheat, Nectar, Baked
Goods |
7
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| Oriole: |
Seed mix, Whole Corn, Crack Corn, Nectar,
Fruit, Baked Goods |
9
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| Pheasant: |
Seed mix, Whole Corn, Crack Corn |
1,3
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| Pigeon: |
Seed mix, Black Sunflower, Millet, Thistle |
1
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| Pine Siskin: |
Black Sunflower, Millet, Crack Corn, Thistle |
3,4,5
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| Quail: |
Seed mix, Black Sunflower, Sunflower Hearts,
Peanut Hearts,Thistle |
1
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| Redpoll: |
Nectar, Fruit, Baked Goods |
6,8,9
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| Robin: |
Seed mix, Black Sunflower, Millet, Peanut
Picks, Peanut Hearts, Crack Corn, Wheat, Fruit, Thistle, Raisins |
1,3
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| Sparrow: |
Seed mix, Black Sunflower, Sunflower Hearts,
Crack Corn, Suet |
9
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| Starling: |
Peanut Butter, Crack Corn, Suet |
9
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| Tanager: |
Black Sunflower, Sunflower Hearts, Safflower,
Fruit |
rare
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| Thrush: |
Seed mix, Black Sunflower, Peanut Picks,
Peanut Hearts, Safflower, Suet, Baked Goods |
3
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| Titmouse: |
Black Sunflower, Peanut Picks, Peanut Hearts,
Whole Corn, Crack Corn, Suet, Baked Goods |
4
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| Towhee: |
Seed mix, Black Sunflower, Millet, Whole
Corn, Crack Corn |
1
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| Turkey: |
Peanut Picks, Whole Corn, Crack Corn,
Suet, Fruit |
1
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| Woodpecker: |
Peanut Butter, Suet, Raisins |
2,3,5
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| Yellow Sapsucker: |
Black Sunflower, Peanut Hearts, Peanut
Butter, Suet, Nectar, Fruit, Baked Goods |
9
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| Yellow Warbler: |
Black Sunflower, Sunflower Hearts, Peanut
Picks, Peanut Hearts, Peanut Butter, Crack Corn, Suet, Fruit, Baked
Goods, Raisins |
3 |
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Note: All prices in Canadian Dollars
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