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This is regional birding information for the Southeast.

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

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis
Black Oil Sunflower, Safflower3Tabletop TrayYes

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura
Seed Mix, Hulled Sunflower3Tabletop TrayYes

Tufted Titmouse

Baeolophus bicolor (Parus bicolor)
Black Oil Sunflower2Tree HangingYes

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata
Black Oil, Hulled Sunflower, Nuts3Tabletop TrayYes

Carolina Wren

Thryothorus ludovicianus
Insects, Bird Cakes, Mealworms3Tabletop TrayYes

Carolina Chickadee

Poecile carolinensis
Sunflower, Niger, Safflower, Suet2, 3, 4Tabletop Tray, Tree Hanging Yes

American Goldfinch

Carduelis tristis
Hulled Sunflower, Niger2Tree HangingYes

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus
Suet, Hulled Sunflower, Sugar Water2, 3, 4, 5Tabletop Tray, TreeNo

House Finch

Carpodacus mexicanus
Hulled Sunflower, Safflower2Tree HangingYes

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis
Seed Mix, Hulled Sunflower1, 3Ground, Tabletop TrayNo

 

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.

 

 

 

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