Common Redpoll
This afternoon I identified a pair of Common Redpoll at our bird feeder. The bird feeder is a nyger seed sack that has seen a large number of birds today.
Common Redpoll
Goldfinches on the nyger seed sack
A list of bird seeds/food to attract common winter birds...
- American goldfinch -- Nyger seed, black-oil sunflower seeds, sunflower pieces.
- Northern cardinal -- Black-oil sunflower seeds, cracked corn, white millet, suet.
- House finch -- Black-oil sunflower seeds, white millet, nutmeats, suet.
- Dark-eyed junco -- White millet, cracked corn, hulled sunflower seed (on ground).
- Mourning dove -- Cracked corn, white and red millet, safflower seed (on ground).
- Red-bellied woodpecker -- Suet and suet mixes, peanuts, sunflower seeds.
- Downy and hairy woodpeckers -- Suet and suet mixes, peanuts, hulled sunflower seeds.
- Blue jay -- Peanuts, corn kernels, sunflower, suet, acorns.
- Black-capped chickadee -- Black-oil sunflower seeds, safflower, suet, peanut pieces.
- White-breasted nuthatch --Black-oil sunflower seeds, saffower, suet, peanuts.
- Golden-crowned kinglet -- Suet and suet mixes, nut pieces.
- Cedar waxwings -- Berries, raisins.
- House sparrow -- Sunflower pieces, cracked corn, white and red millet (on ground).
- Common redpoll -- Sunflower pieces, nyger seed, suet.
- Pine siskin -- Nyger seed, sunflower pieces, white millet.
- Ring-necked pheasant -- Corn kernels, sunflower seeds, oats, barley.
- Ducks and geese -- Corn kernels, wheat, acorns.
