A variety of bird species requires a variety of food based on preference. Here is a list of some birds and their favorite fare:

Purple Finch = Sunflower seed (black oil), cracked corn, nyjer seed, and millet

Northern Cardinal = Sunflower seed (black oil or hulled), safflower seed, cracked corn, shelled peanuts, apple pieces, and chopped suet

Woodpecker = Sunflower seed, cracked corn, shelled peanuts, suet, and meal worms

Jay = Sunflower seed and cracked corn

Evening Grosbeak = Sunflower seed and safflower seed

Nuthatch = Sunflower seed (hulled), suet, raw peanuts, peanut butter, safflower seed, and mealworms

Chickadee = Sunflower seed (hulled) and meal worms

Sparrow = Sunflower seed (black oil), cracked corn, safflower seed, and millet

Dove = Sunflower seed, cracked corn and millet

Eastern Towhee = Sunflower seed, cracked corn, shelled peanuts, and cracked acorns

Brown Thrasher = Suet, shelled peanuts, cornbread, raisins, dried berries, and meal worms

Titmice = meal worms

Northern Mockingbird = meal worms

Eastern Bluebird = meal worms

Robin = meal worms

Eastern Phoebe = meal worms

Towhee = meal worms

Indigo Bunting = Millet, chopped nuts, canary seed, grass seed

American Goldfinch = Sunflower seed (black oil or hulled) and nyjer seed

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