Winter Birds and What They Eat
Winter birds are strong and resourceful. Most birds fly to warmer regions as the north becomes colder and colder. But there are about thirty feathered flyers which tough it out and spend their winters in the north.
The birds that come to feeders in the winter are generally the seed eaters or the insect eaters. Then there is the occasional visit from the huntersnamely hawks and owls. Well, predators have to eat too.
The chart below helps by listing categories of feeders.
The Feeder Visitors - these birds partake of the free meal at your feeders
Blue Jay
Brown Creeper Tufted Titmouse
Cardinals
Chickadee, Black-capped
Crossbill, Red
Crossbill, White-Winged
Dark-eyed Juno
Downy Woodpecker
Evening Grosbeaks
Finch, Purple
Goldfinch, American
Gray Jay
Hairy Woodpecker | Kinglet,Golden-Crowned
Mockingbird
Mourning Dove
Pine Grosbeak
Red poll, Common
Rock Dove ( Pigeon)
Siskin, Pine
Sparrow, several species
Sparrow, House
Starlings
White-Breasted Nuthatch |
Insect Eaters
These carnicores eat insect eggs, larvae, pupae, or adults. The insects overwinter in tree crevices, on buds, within wood, or in evergreen tree needles.
- Chickadees
- Creepers
- Titmouse
- Kinglets
- Woodpeckers
- Nuthatches
Seed Eaters
Here are some of the tree, weed seeds and shrub fruit eaters.
- Finches
- Sparrows
- Mockingbirds
- Grosbeaks
- Chickadees
- Nuthatches
Scavengers These are the scavengers.
The HuntersThese are hunters who eat other birds, mammals, etc.) in the winter.
- hawk (several species)
- owls (several species)
Game birds that stay around in winter. These eat seeds often in fields.
- ducks (several species)
- pheasant, ring-necked
- grouse, ruffed and spruce
From Winter Birds Return to Nature in Winter
From Winter Birds Return to Birds
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