Feeding Guide

Gold finches vary in colour based on the stage of their life. A breeding male will be bright yellow with a black head and wings with a white markings. As a non breeding male will be a drab yellow head, unstreaked brown body with a blackish wings and two pole winbars.

Jays are noisy birds, but often visits feeders sometimes in flocks. Blue above and white below, with a prominent crest and a bold neckline. The wings and tail are barred with black, and it has a bold wing bar.

Juncos are among the most common songbirds of North America. They typically live in forest under-stories but often visit feeders, especially during the winter. Medium-sized sparrow with a round head, long tail and a fairly small, pale bill. All juncos have prominent white outer tail feather. "Slate-coloured" is the most common colour for top feathers with a white belly.

Found in evergreen (especially spruce) and mixed evergreen-deciduous forest. Large, round-headed song bird with a long tail and a short bill. Adults are grey overall, paler on the belly with a white cheek, throat and forehead.

Sparrows are often found in cities, parks, zoos, suburban areas and around farm buildings. A chunky full-breasted bird with a round head and a stout bill. They have a buffy-brown with a grey brown underparts.

Found in backyards, parks, woodlots and shrubby forest edges. Cardinals are long tailed songbird with a short, very thick bill and a prominent crest. Males are bright red with a black mask and throat. While females are pale brown overall with warm reddish tinges in the wings, tails and crest.

Often perches on or explores along slender twigs and weedy stems. They next in hole in trees and nest boxes. Occurs in a wide variety of wooded and shrubby habitats. Small and compact with a tin short bill. Black cap and bib contrast with white cheeks, gray back and wings and light buffy underparts.

Boreal Chickadee have a brown cap and short greyish wings with a long notched tail. They have a short dark bill and their face is mainly grey with white on the sides and a black throat. Their bellies are white with brown on the sides.

Often found in flocks, particularly in winter in evergreen and deciduous forests. A large heavy-set finch, with a very thick conical bill. Adult males are yellow and black birds with a prominent white patch in the wings. Note bright-yellow stripe over the eye.

They will be found in grasslands, open woods city parks, backyards, farms and forest edges. A small finch with a conical seed-eating bill. Like other finches, it has a notched tail. Adult males are a rosey red around the fave and upper breast, with a streaky brown back, belly and tail.

They most commonly perch on the telephone wires and forge for seeds on the ground. They have a very fast flight and have bullet proof aim. They prefer dense shrubs or evergreen trees in your yard to provide nesting sites. With a send coloured head and belly they are common to blend in with the trees.

Found in evergreen or mixed forests with open canopies, weedy fields, scrubby thickets or backyards and gardens. Small finch with a sharp, pointed bill and a short notched tail. Adults are brown and streaky overall with subtle yellow edgings on the wings and tail.