Suet is high quality fat from animals and can be purchased from the meat department of your local grocery store. Many birds that prefer seeds at your feeder also eat seeds in the wild and get them from berries, crops, or other plants. The birds that eat suet, usually find worms or insects in the summer months to fill their stomachs, but can't find insects in the winter. Some birds also like nuts, fruit, or other table scraps. Look at the list below to find out who eats what.
Grains are very popular with many bird species.
Sunflower seeds, corn, milo, and millet are common birdfeed grains. Corn is also a very popular grain food on the ear, shelled, or cracked. Blue jays, house sparrows, starlings, and pheasants all prefer corn. Milo, another grain, is preferred by dark-eyed juncos, American goldfinches, pine siskins and tree sparrows. Cardinals like squash seeds if you ve got any extras from your fall harvest.