This is regional birding information for the Northwest & Northern California.

Attracting the Ten Common Backyard Birds for November

Here's a head start for your plan to invite more birds to your home. Our list includes the kinds of food and feeders that many birds in your area will find irresistable. Be sure to visit us again for next month's list.

Name	Food	Feeder Type (key)	Feeder Niche	Uses Bath
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis	Seed Mix, Hulled Sunflower	1, 3	Ground, Tabletop Tray	No
House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus	Hulled Sunflower, Safflower, Niger	2	Tree Hanging	Yes
Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla	Sunflower, Niger, Safflower, Suet	2, 3, 4	Tabletop Tray, Tree Hanging	Yes
Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus	Niger, Hulled Sunflower	2	Tree Hanging	Yes
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus	Suet, Hulled Sunflower	3, 4	Tabletop Tray, Tree Trunk	No
American Robin Turdus migratorius	Hulled Sunflower, Mealworms	3	Tabletop Tray	Yes
Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus	Hulled Sunflower, Nuts	1, 3	Ground, Tabletop Tray	No
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia	Hulled Sunflower, Seed Mix	1, 3	Ground, Tabletop Tray	Yes
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Suet, Hulled Sunflower	3, 4	Tabletop Tray, Tree Trunk	Yes
Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri	Peanuts, Sunflower	3	Tabletop Tray, Ground	Yes

Key to feeder types:

1=ground tray; 2=hanging tube; 3=tray, or hopper with rim, on post; 4=caged suet holder; 5=sugar water. Find out more about the different types of feeders.