Plants for Attracting Birds to
Backyard Habitats
in Milton
Flowers
Bee balm
Black-eyed susans
Cosmos
Impatiens
Mexican sunflower
Purple coneflower
Tickseed sunflower
Zinnias

Vines
Trumpet vine
Virginia creeper
Shrubs
Bayberry
Blueberries
Cotoneasters
Cranberrybush
Dogwood
Elderberry
Hawthorn
Red mulberry
Viburnums
Winterberry
Trees
Alders
Eastern red cedar
Junipers
Mountain ash
Oaks
Paper birch
Pines
Serviceberries
Spruces
Birdfeeder Menu
Type of bird food
Birds Attracted
Black oil sunflower seed Cardinals, blue jays, black-capped chickadees, house finches, tufted titmice, nuthatches, woodpeckers, goldfinches, sparrows, mourning doves
Striped sunflower seed Cardinals, blue jays, black-capped chickadees, house finches, tufted titmice, nuthatches, woodpeckers, mourning doves
Niger seed (sometimes called thistle seed) Goldfinches, mourning doves, sparrows, house finches
Cracked corn Cardinals, blue jays, sparrows, blackbirds, mourning doves, starlings, robins, red-winged blackbirds
Peanuts Woodpeckers, black-capped chickadees, blue jays, cardinals, red-winged blackbirds, tufted titmice, nuthatches
Suet Woodpeckers, black-capped chickadees, flickers, tufted titmice, nuthatches
Fruit Orioles, robins, starlings, woodpeckers, house finches, sparrows, red-winged blackbirds
Nectar Hummingbirds, orioles