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American Goldfinch:  Niger (thistle, black oil sunflower seed, hulled sunflower seed, striped sunflower seed, suet, peanut butter, red and white millet, cracked corn, and cracked nutmeats.

Brown Thrasher:  Suet, raisins, black oil sunflower seed, hulled sunflower seed, cracked corn, nutmeats, and halved oranges.

Carolina Chickadee:  Black oil sunflower seed, hulled sunflower seed, striped sunflower seed, shelled peanuts, suet, and cracked nutmeats.

Carolina Wren:  Suet, hulled sunflower seed, peanuts, cracked nutmeats, raisins, bananas, and live mealworms.

Eastern Bluebird:  Shelled peanuts, cracked nutmeats, suet, raisins, currants, hulled sunflower chips, and live mealworms.

Mockingbird:  Raisins, currants, suet, peanut butter, nutmeats, sliced apple and oranges, halved pears, figs, and bananas.

Northern Cardinal:  Black oil sunflower seed, hulled sunflower seed, striped sunflower seed, safflower seed, cracked corn, suet, white millet, shelled peanuts, nutmeats, of all kinds, melon seeds, raisins, bananas, and other fruit.

Red-bellied Woodpecker:  Suet, raisins, cracked pecans, cracked corn, peanuts in the shell, shelled peanuts, black oil sunflower seed, hulled sunflower seed, and halved apple and oranges.

Red-headed Woodpecker:  Suet, black oil sunflower seed, hulled sunflower seed, cracked corn, raisins, and nutmeats.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird:  Prepared nectar. Measurement is 4 cups of water to 1 cup of sugar.  Boil water then dissolve sugar.  Cool, fill feeder then put remainder in the refrigerator until needed.  Change liquid once per week in normal temperatures then change every 3 days when temperatures reach the 80’s.

Eastern Towhee:  Niger (thistle), cracked corn, white millet, black oil sunflower seed, hulled sunflower seed, striped sunflower seed, shelled peanuts.

Scarlet Tanager:  Sliced apples, bananas, cherries, raisins, suet, and sugar water.

Summer Tanager:  Same as Scarlet Tanager plus black oil sunflower seeds, hulled sunflower seeds, pecan meats, peanut hearts, and sugar-water.

Tufted Titmouse:  Sunflower seed, suet, and nutmeats.

White-breasted Nuthatch:  Black oil sunflower seed, hulled sunflower seed, striped sunflower seed, safflower seed, niger (thistle), suet, nutmeats, halved pumpkin, squash and cantaloupe seeds, shelled peanuts.

 

 

 

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