Preferred Dining Areas for Birds
Although birds will feed in many locations, many birds have
preferences. A few of these are noted below.
|
Birds
|
Ground
|
Feeding
Table
|
Feeding
Tray
|
Hanging
Feeder
|
| Purple Finch |
|
|
*
|
|
| House Finch |
|
*
|
|
|
| American Goldfinch |
|
|
|
*
|
| Pine Warbler |
|
|
|
*
|
| Chipping Sparrow |
*
|
|
|
|
| House Sparrow |
*
|
|
|
|
| Mourning Dove |
*
|
|
|
|
| Brown-headed Nuthatch |
|
|
|
*
|
| White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
|
|
*
|
| Dark-eyed Junco |
*
|
|
|
|
| Pine Siskin |
|
|
|
*
|
| Red-winged Blackbird |
*
|
|
|
|
| Blue Jay |
*
|
|
|
|
| Northern Cardinal |
*
|
|
|
|
| Tufted Titmouse |
|
|
|
*
|
| Hairy Woodpecker |
|
|
|
*
|
| Downy Woodpecker |
|
|
|
*
|
| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
|
*
|
|
| Carolina Chickadee |
|
|
|
*
|
| European Starling |
*
|
|
|
|
| Rock Dove (Pigeon) |
*
|
|
|
|
| Brown-headed Cowbird |
*
|
|
|
|
| Evening Grosbeak |
|
*
|
|
|
| Blue Grosbeak |
*
|
|
|
|
| Indigo Bunting |
*
|
|
|
|
| Painted Bunting |
|
*
|
|
|
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
|
|
*
|
|
