This is regional birding information for the Midwest.

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
Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla	Sunflower, Niger, Safflower, Suet	2, 3, 4	Tabletop Tray, Tree Hanging	Yes
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata	Black Oil, Hulled Sunflower, Nuts	3	Tabletop Tray	Yes
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens	Suet, Hulled Sunflower	2, 3, 4	Tree Trunk	No
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura	Seed Mix, Hulled Sunflower	3	Tabletop Tray	Yes
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis	Seed Mix, Hulled Sunflower	1, 3	Ground, Tabletop Tray	No
White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis	Sunflower, Suet	2, 3, 4	Tabletop Tray, Tree Trunk	No
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis	Hulled Sunflower, Niger	2	Tree Hanging	Yes
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis	Black Oil Sunflower, Safflower	3	Tabletop Tray	Yes
House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus	Hulled Sunflower, Safflower, Niger	2	Tree Hanging	Yes
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Suet, Hulled Sunflower	3, 4	Tabletop Tray, Tree Trunk	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.