Common Backyard Birds of the Chicago Area

1460 Waukegan Rd. Northern Cardinal Blue Jay Mourning Dove Glenview, IL 60025 Very common. Prefers sunflower Becoming common again. Eats Very common. Eats all seed (847) 729-4688 and safflower. peanuts and sunflower. except peanuts.

Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Red-Bellied Woodpecker Northern Flicker Very common. Eats suet plugs, Common. Eats suet plugs, suet Common. Eats suet plugs, suet Fairly common. Eats insects, suet suet cakes, peanuts, sunflower, cakes, peanuts, sunflower, cakes, peanuts, sunflower, plugs, suet cakes, peanuts. insects. insects. insects, oranges.

Black-capped Chickadee White-Breasted Nuthatch Red-Breasted Nuthatch House Wren Becoming common again. Eats Fairly common. Eats sunflower, Irruptive, sometimes common in Common summer resident. Eats suet, sunflower, peanuts, peanuts, safflower, suet. winter. Eats peanuts, sunflower, insects, uses bird houses. safflower. Uses birdhouses. safflower, suet.

House Finch American Goldfinch Pine Siskin Dark-Eyed Junco Common. Eats safflower, Very common (year round). Eats Irruptive, sometimes common in Very common from mid-fall to sunflower, and thistle. nyjer/thistle, sunflower chips, winter. Eats nyjer/thistle, mid-spring. Eats millet, cracked sunflower. sunflower chips, sunflower. corn, nyjer/thistle. Store Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 12pm-5pm Visit us online: www.glenview.wbu.com and on Facebook! Common Backyard Birds of the Chicago Area

White-Throated Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow House Sparrow Common mid-fall to mid-spring. Common summer resident. Eats Fairly common during migration. Very common. Eats all seed Eats millet, cracked corn, shelled millet, cracked corn. Eats millet, cracked corn. types, especially millet and peanuts. cracked corn.

Cooper’s Hawk American Robin Eastern Bluebird Tree Swallow Common. Eats songbirds, Very common. Eats fruits, Less common, seen in summer, Common in open areas in especially Mourning Doves. insects, and occasionally suet & sometimes winter. Eats insects, summer. Eats insects, uses sunflower chips in spring. berries, suet. Uses birdhouses. birdhouses.

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Baltimore Oriole Indigo Bunting Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Fairly common in summer, esp. Common summer resident. Less common summer resident. Less common summer resident. May-June & Aug-Sept. Nectar Grape jelly, oranges, insects, Eats nyjer/thistle, millet, insects. Eats safflower, sunflower, shelled feeders, flowers, insects. berries, & sometimes suet. peanuts, insects.

Red-Winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-Headed Cowbird European Starling Very common. Eats all types of Common April-Mid October. Eats Common summer resident. Eats Very common. Shelled peanuts, bird seed, insects. sunflower, peanuts, cracked millet, cracked corn, sunflower, sunflower, cracked corn, millet, corn, (not safflower). (not safflower). (not safflower). Store Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 12pm-5pm Visit us online: www.glenview.wbu.com and on Facebook!