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Relative attractiveness of bird seeds to selected common birds. Source: unknown (contributed by Fawzi Emad.)

Black Striped Sunflower

White Proso Millet

Canary

Fine cracked corn

German (Golden) Millet

Milo (Sorghum)

Niger (Thistle)

Hulled Oats

Blue Jay

6

1

0

1

0

1

0

0

Cardinal

9

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

Chickadee

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Evening Grosbeak

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Common Grackle

10

1

1

5

0

1

0

1

American Goldfinch

1

0

0

0

0

0

6

0

House Finch

4

2

1

0

0

0

4

0

Purple Finch

3

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

Tufted Titmouse

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Brown-headed Cowbird

1

10

3

1

4

1

0

1

House Sparrow

2

10

5

2

5

1

0

1

Mourning Dove

4

10

6

3

8

4

2

1

White-throated Sparrow

7

8

4

5

5

2

1

1

                 
                 

Oil (Black) Sunflower

Peanut Hearts

Peanut Kernels

Rape

Red Proso Milliet

Safflower

Hulled Sunflower

Wheat

Blue Jay

1

1

10

0

0

0

1

0

Cardinal

10

1

1

0

1

3

3

1

Chickadee

10

0

2

0

0

0

1

0

Evening Grosbeak

10

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

Common Grackle

5

3

4

0

1

0

9

1

American Goldfinch

4

0

0

0

0

0

10

0

House Finch

9

1

1

1

0

0

10

1

Purple Finch

10

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Tufted Titmouse

2

0

10

0

0

0

0

0

Brown-headed Cowbird

1

0

0

0

7

0

1

0

House Sparrow

1

0

0

0

7

0

1

0

Mourning Dove

9

1

1

1

9

2

4

2

White-throated Sparrow

6

4

10

0

6

2

9

1

Note: This table was converted to HTML.  It is also available below in Excel and PDF formats.

The importance of this information is which seed is most attractive to which species and which seed is least attractive to species you wish to avoid feeding.

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