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Common winter birds and what they eat
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Cardinal: sunflowers, safflower peanuts, white millet, cracked corn
Purple finch: sunflower, safflower, suet, white millet, peanuts
Blue jay: whole corn, peanuts, suet, sunflowers
Chickadee: sunflower, safflower, suet, peanut butter,
White-breasted nuthatch: sunflower, safflower, suet, peanut
butter, pumpkin seeds
Woodpeckers: suet or suet mixtures, cracked corn
DID YOU KNOW?
• According to the National Bird Feeding Society, a typical backyard song bird doesn't weigh as much as two nickels.
• Winter birds consume about 15 percent of their body weight overnight just to maintain warmth.
• February is a winter bird's toughest month to survive.
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