Enjoys insects, suet and sunflower. A frequent visitors to backyard feeders and easy to please. Can become extremely tame. Ranges from New Jersey south to Florida and west to Oklahoma and Texas. Found in woodlands and tree-enhanced neighborhoods.
Favorite seed is sunflower.
Stocky build, noisy and amazingly rich in color. A large member of the finch family and rather piggish at the feeder. Will eat sunflower, peanuts and safflower seeds from a large feeder or tray. More commonly known to feed from the ground. Its range extends across northern Minnesota to the Atlantic Ocean.