To find birds in the forest, look where they would find food. The oaks provide acorns eaten by the brown thrasher. Rotten tree snags provide beetles and beetle grubs for red-bellied woodpeckers. The pines and maples provide seeds for chickadees and thrashers. Dogwood trees, redbud trees, and blueberry bushes provide berries for these birds, too.
Tulip poplars provide important winter seeds for chikadees.
The oak-hickory forest supports many summer insects for all birds, and it provides food for squirrels, chipmunks, and mice, all of which make a good dinner for a hawk. Click here to return to the main Habitats screen. Click here for fields .