Backyard Birdies

Backyard Birdies Common to Kansas

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American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis

Photo courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Foods: black oil sunflower seeds, hulled sunflower seeds & nyjer
Feeder Types: large tube, small tube, large hopper, small hopper, platform & ground

Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula

Photo courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Foods: suet, sugar water & fruit (raspberries, mulberries, cherries, oranges, bananas, etc…)
Feeder Types: platform & nectar

Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis

Photo courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Foods: suet, peanut hearts, fruit (blueberries, cherries, juniper berries, etc…) & mealworms
Feeder Types: platform & ground

Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens

Photo courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Foods: black oil sunflower seeds, hulled sunflower seeds, safflower, suet, peanuts, peanut hearts & mealworms
Feeder Types: suet cage, large hopper, small hopper & platform

Gray Catbird
Cyanocitta cristata

Photo courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Foods: fruit is the most attractive food for these birds (orange slices, cherries, blackberries, grapes, etc…)
Feeder Types: platform

Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata

Photo courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Foods: black oil sunflower seeds, hulled sunflower seeds, safflower, suet, cracked corn, milo, mealworms, millet, fruit, peanuts & peanut hearts
Feeder Types: large tube, suet cage, large hopper, platform & ground

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris

Photo courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Foods: sugar water
Feeder Types: nectar

Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis

Photo courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Foods: black oil sunflower seeds, hulled sunflower seeds, safflower, cracked corn, peanut hearts, millet & milo
Feeder Types: large tube, large hopper, platform & ground

Black-Capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus

Photo courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Foods: black oil sunflower seeds, hulled sunflower seeds, safflower, nyjer, suet, peanuts, peanut hearts & mealworms
Feeder Types: large tube, small tube, suet cage, large hopper, small hopper & platform

House Sparrow
Passer domesticus

Photo courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Foods: black oil sunflower seeds, hulled sunflower seeds, cracked corn, peanut hearts, millet & milo
Feeder Types: large tube, large hopper, platform & ground

European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris

Photo courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Foods: black oil sunflower seeds, hulled sunflower seeds, suet, cracked corn, peanuts, peanut hearts, fruit, millet, oats, & milo
Feeder Types: large tube, suet cage, large hopper, platform & ground