We began feeding black-capped chickadees and are now also feeding some common house sparrows and canary sparrows. (1 Viewer)

[rthomasbutler]

What kind of feed would be the best for these birds? Two morning doves have joined in as have two woodpeckers and several mountain quail. I'd like to give preference to the black-capped chickadees.

 

[Kits]

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[delia todd]

Hi rthomasbutler and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators. Chickadees are much the same as our tits and will eat seeds, peanuts, fat balls and mealworms. The woodpeckers will like the peanuts particularly, and they will all go for peanut butter. The quail are likely to eat seeds, I'd think, but not from a feeder, they feed on the ground.

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.

 

[rthomasbutler]

Hi rthomasbutler and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators. Chickadees are much the same as our tits and will eat seeds, peanuts, fat balls and mealworms. The woodpeckers will like the peanuts particularly, and they will all go for peanut butter. The quail are likely to eat seeds, I'd think, but not from a feeder, they feed on the ground.

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.

Great idea on the peanut butter! The quail are great to scratch around looking for the corn, sunflower or larger seeds that the chickadees and canary sparrows fling out of the way!

 

[delia todd]

Great idea on the peanut butter!

Where our feeders are there are a lot of trees, so I smear the peanut butter on the trunks and some of the branches.

 

[KC Foggin]

Welcome aboard rthomasbutler

Yes, a suet feeder will be loved by many speciies and I believe LOWES Hardware carries a peanut butter suet. At least they used to. But do a google search as to the peanut butter suet in your area.

I love my Carolina Chickadees and I have many Enjoy your visits

 

[Lisa W]

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[Chris G6 UXU]

Hello and welcome to the forum, enjoy and all the best.

 

[Fritz73]

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