Cardinals, evening grosbeak, most finches: sunflower seeds, all types. Rufous-sided towhee: white proso millet. Dark-eyed junco: white and red proso millet, canary seed, fine cracked corn. Many sparrows: white and red proso millet. Bluejay: peanut kernels and sunflower seeds of all types. Chickadees, tufted titmouse: peanut kernels, oil (black) and black-striped sunflower seeds. Red-breasted nuthatch: oil (black) and black-striped sunflower seeds. Brown thrasher: hulled and black-striped sunflower seeds. Red-winged blackbird: white and red proso millet, German (golden) millet.
Mourning dove: oil (black) sunflower seeds, white and red proso, German (golden millet). Upham also noted that winter’s cold means that water will freeze, making it unavailable to birds. A heated birdbath attracts birds in droves when all other water is frozen. If the heated birdbath contains a built-in thermostat, the energy usage is far less than people expect.