WILD BIRD FOOD SUBSTITUTION CHART

Blackbirds

Insects, crickets, weed seeds, wild bird seed, soaked dry dog food, meal worms and grit.

Blue Jays

Insects, acorns, sunflower seeds hard boiled egg, dried apples, strawberries, pokeberries, meal worms, crickets, peanuts, nuts, raisons, dry soaked dog food, grit.

Bluebirds

Worms, ants, beetles, fruits and berries from dogwood, American Holly, Pokeweed, meal worms, and dry soaked dog food.

Cardinals

Sunflower seed, meal worms, crickets, tree buds, fruits, berries, raisons, dried apples, dry soaked dog food.

Catbirds/
Mockingbirds

Worms, ants, beetles, pokeberry, blackberry, holly, fruits, meal worms, soaked dry dog food.

Cedar Waxwings

Wild fruits including blueberries, cherries, strawberries, caterpillars, spiders, ants, apples, raisins, meal worms, dog food.

Chickadees

Beetles, ants, spiders, caterpillars, blueberries, raspberries, pokeberries, pine seeds, sunflower seeds, wild bird seed, suet, shelled raw peanuts, apples, dog food and grit

Cowbirds

Wild bird seed, crickets, scratch, suet, meal worms, dry soaked dog food, grit

Crows

Large and small insects, birds eggs, small rodents, seeds, nuts, corn, fruits, dried apples, raisins, hard boiled eggs, meal worms and dog food., grit

Cuckoos

Caterpillars, worms, crickets, grasshoppers, meal worms

Doves/Pigeons

Wild bird seed, cracked corn, peanut hearts, sunflower hearts

Goldfinches/Junco

Sunflower seed, insects, meal worms, dry dog food

Grackles

Insects, bait fish, hard boiled eggs, acorns, nuts, fruits, grains, wild bird seed, meal worms, dry dog food

Grosbeaks

Sunflower seeds, beetles, fruits, raisins, dry dog food

Hummingbirds

Nectar, tiny insects, fruit flies, nectar mixture, freeze dried insects

Kingbirds

Flying insects, meal worms, freeze dried insects, small strips of  red meat

Kingfishers

Minnows, bait fish, crabs, earth worms, small strips of red meat dead fish must be supplemented with vitamin B1 to keep thiamine levels normal.

Kinglets

Insects, ants, beetles, meal worms, freeze dried insects

Larks

Wild bird seed, grasshoppers, spiders, beetles, caterpillars, meal worms, freeze dried insects, grit

Meadowlarks

Insects, crickets, weed seeds, wild bird seed, scratch, dry dog food, grit

Nighthawks

Night flying insects such as moths, flies, mosquitoes, meal worms, freeze dried insects and larvae

Nuthatches/Orioles

Beetles, ants, spiders, caterpillars, sunflower seed, pine seed, berries, raw peanuts, suet, apples, acorns, meal worms, grit.

Pigeons

Wild bird seed, scratch, peanuts, grit

Purple Finch

Sunflower seed, wild bird seed, beetles, tree buds, suet, meal worms, raisin, dry dog food

Purple Martins

Flying insects, grasshoppers, beetles, moths, dragonflies, butterflies, spiders, meal worms, freeze dried insects.

Robins

Earthworms, caterpillars, beetles, spiders, pokeberries, bayberries, dogwood berries, apples, raisins, meal worms, dog food

Sparrows

Wild bird seed, meal worms, crickets, berries, fruits, grains, soaked dry dog food, grit

Starlings

Insects, berries, fruits, grains, earthworms, wild bird seed, soaked dry dog food, grit

Swallows/
Chimney Swifts

Flies, mosquitoes, moths, meal worms, freeze dried insects and larvae

Thrasher/
Thrushes

Worms, caterpillars, spiders, beetles, fruits, berries, suet, meal worms, dry dog food.

Titmice

Sunflower seed, pine seed, wild bird seed, raw peanuts, dried apples, blueberries, duet, dry dog food

Towhees

Sunflower seed, pine seed, insects, berries, apples, dog food

Vireos/
Whip-poor-Will/
Flycatchers

Flying insects, meal worms, freeze-dried insects

Woodpeckers/
Sapsuckers/
Flickers

Grubs, ants, bores, beetles, caterpillars, spiders, berries, fruits, cracked corn, suet, dried apples, meal worms, freeze dried insects.

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