Plants listed below are ranked in the approximate order of usefulness as SONGBIRD FOOD.
Most also provide food for GAMEBIRDS. More detailed information will be found in "American Wildlife and Plants, A guide to Wildlife Food Habits", available from the Cincinnati Nature Center, 4949 Tealtown Rd., Milford, Ohio 45140.
A partial list of ornamental plant material that will provide songbird food...these plants will bring birds to your garden:
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Ornamental shrubs Ilex, Mahonia, Pieris, Leucothia, Pyracantha, Juniper
-- evergreen with berries
Ornamental trees Ilex opaca (American Holly)
--broadleaf evergreen Magnolia grandiflora (Southern Magnolia) with berries
Ornamental shrubs Amelancher canadensis (Serviceberry), Aronia
--decidous with berries brilliantissima (Red Chokeberry), Viburnum
prunifolium (Black Haw), Other Viburnums,
Callicarpa, (Beautyberry), Cotoneaster,Vitex,
Ilex verticillata, Ilex glabra, crenata and others,
Lonicera tatarica, & fragrantissima (Honeysuckle)
Ornamental trees Pinus nigra (Austrian Pine), Pinus strobus (White
--coniferous with seeds Pine), Pinus resinosa (Red Pine), Pinus sylvestris
(Scots Pine), Pinus mugo (Mugho Pine, Tsuga
(Hemlock), Picea (Spruce), Cedras (Cedar),
Juniperus (Juniper), Larch.
Ornamental & shade Ash, Basswood, Beeches, Birch, Blackgum,
trees Cherry,Crabapple, Dogwoods,
--deciduous Hawthorn, Hornbeam, Maples, Mountain Ash,
Mulberry, Oaks, Sweetgum, Sycamore & Tuliptree.
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Many birds have preferences.
Species of birds listed below will also eat other berries and fruits, seeds and vast quantities of ants, beetles, grasshoppers, crickets, caterpillars, bugs and spiders.
% of diet
Blue jay acorn 50%
corn, beechnuts, sunflower seeds, suet 5-10%
Red-bellied Woodpecker oak 10-25%
grape 5-10%
corn 2-5%
Hairy Woodpecker Suet and insects favored 5-10%
Poison ivy, dogwood, serviceberry 2-5%
Black-capped Pine seeds, Hemlock 5-10%
Chickadee Birch, Poison ivy 2-5%
Happy Gardening!
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