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Diets for Orphaned Wildlife & Birds

Category

Wild Food

Substitute

Loons and Grebes

Fish, frogs, crabs, aquatic insects Cod liver oil, raw lean beef, fish, frozen herring, night crawlers

Swans and Geese

Aquatic vegetation, some grains Intermediate chicken scratch, wild bird seed, bread

Dabbling Ducks

Vegetation, grasses, wild celery, aquatic animal food, worms Chicken scratch, bread, grass, ground beef, earthworms

Diving Ducks

Shrimp, mollusks, crabs, small fish Bread, night crawlers, bone meal, beef, cod liver oil

Hawks

Mice, rats, rodents of all kinds, birds Lean strips of beef, mice, milk, chicken, bone meal, cod liver oil

Kestrels

Grasshoppers, insects, wasps, locusts, very occasionally small birds Beef strips, mealworms, milk, grasshoppers, bone meal, mice

Ospreys

Fish Fish, beef strips, chicken

Bald Eagles

Fish, rodents, ducks, birds Fish, lean beef, bone meal, cod liver oil, mice

Golden Eagles

Rodents, birds Beef chunks, chicken, mice, bone meal

Owls

Rodents of all kinds Milk, beef, mice, rats, chicken, bone meal, cod liver oil

Cuckoos

Tent caterpillars, worms, bugs, grasshoppers Bone meal, cod liver oil, lean ground beef, beef strips, mealworms, bread

Hummingbirds

Nectar from flowers, tiny insects Honey, sugar or molasses in water in small vials

Kingbirds, Vireos, Nighthawks, Whip-poor-wills, Swifts, Flycatchers, Swallows

Entirely insectivorous, will have to be hand-fed since they catch food in the air Lean ground beef, very small strips of raw beef, bread and milk mealworms, flies

Kingfishers

Fish, minnows, crabs, frogs, locust, lizards Fish, beef strips, night crawlers

Woodpeckers, Flickers, Sapsuckers

Grubs, ants, bores, beetles, berries in the winter Mealworms, bread and milk, beef strips, suet, ground beef

Larks

Seeds, grasshoppers, beetles, caterpillars Mealworms, wild bird feed, bread  

Magpies, Crows, Ravens

Insects, acorns, fruit, small birds Ground beef, beef, chicken scratch, bread, hard-boiled eggs, bone meal, cod liver oil

Jays

Large insects, some frogs, mice, acorns and sunflower seeds Ground beef, hard-boiled eggs, sunflower seeds, peanuts, nuts

Chats, Chickadees, Titmice, Nuthatches, Towhees

Pine seeds, sunflower seeds, acorns, poison ivy, beetles, weevils, ants, other insects Shelled peanuts, nuts, blueberries, apples, wild bird seed, sunflower seeds, suet

Mockingbirds, Starlings, Brown Thrashers, Warblers, Robins, Thrushes, Catbirds, Bluebirds, Cedar Waxwings

Holly, grapes, cherries, sumac, pokeweed, Virginia creeper, cedar pyracantha, worms, ants, beetles.  Fruits in fall and winter. Apples, raisins, sour cherries, bread, suet, ground beef, mealworms, earthworms

Cowbirds, Sparrows, Blackbirds, Meadowlarks

Crickets, insects, weed seeds Wild bird seed, scratch, bread, suet, ground beef

Orioles, Tanagers

Caterpillars, ants, spiders, wild fruits Apples, cherries, blueberries, bread, ground beef, mealworms, suet

Grosbeaks, Purple Finches, Cardinals, Buntings, Crossbills

Insects, bugs, beetles, sunflower seeds, dogwood, sumac tree buds, fruits Mealworms, suet, sunflower seeds, cherries, wild bird seed, bread

Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, Cranes, Rails, Plovers, Sandpipers, Phalaropes

Crayfish, shrimp, marine worms, frogs, insects, mice, shrews, snails, wild grasses, some grains Bread, beef strips, night crawlers, chicken scratch, bone meal, cod liver oil

Grouse, Doves, Pheasants, Partridges, Pigeons, Turkeys, Bobwhites

Mainly grain, some summer and fall insects Chicken scratch, wild bird seed, bread

Woodcocks

Mainly earthworms, some grains, flies, beetles, spiders, caterpillars

Earthworms, night crawlers, beef strips, bone meal, cod liver oil

 

 
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