Birds that Use Fruit from Native Plants in Georgia
October 13th, 2022 by georgann
Birds that use Fruit from Native Plants in Georgia
Species Number of Plants Used
Ruffed Grouse 3
Wild Turkey 5
Northern Bobwhite 13
Mourning Dove 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
Red-headed Woodpecker 20
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10
Downy Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Red-cockaded Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 11
Pileated Woodpecker 13
Eastern Phoebe 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 8
Eastern Kingbird 9
White-eyed Vireo 9
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 11
Blue Jay 9
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 5
Tree Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 6
Carolina Wren 4
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Eastern Bluebird 23
Veery 9
Gray-cheeked Thrush 5
Swainson’s Thrush 7
Hermit Thrush 10
Wood Thrush 9
American Robin 24
Gray Catbird 18
Northern Mockingbird 25
Brown Thrasher 20
European Starling 7
Cedar Waxwing 15
Tennessee Warbler 2
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Pine Warbler 7
American Redstart 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 9
Summer Tanager 12
Scarlet Tanager 11
Eastern Towhee 10
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 20
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 7
Blue Grosbeak 5
Indigo Bunting 5
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 8
Orchard Oriole 8
Baltimore Oriole 5
Purple Finch 5
House finch 8
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 3
Evening Grosbeak 6
Resource: The Ecology of Fruit-eating Birds in Georgia. 2009 Ferrari, James and Jerry A. Payne, A GOS Occasional Publication No.18
Available from www.gos.org
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Georgann Schmalz
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