Birds Eating the
Fruit
of Crab Apple Trees
(Malus spp.)
Bird Species | |
Scientific Name | Common Name |
Bonasa umbellus* | Ruffed Grouse |
Phasianus colchicus | Ring-Necked Pheasant |
Tympanuchus cupido | Greater Prairie Chicken |
Colinus virginianus | Bobwhite |
Myiospitta monachus | Monk Parakeet |
Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Red-Headed Woodpecker |
Melanerpes carolinus | Red-Bellied Woodpecker |
Picoides villosus | Hairy Woodpecker |
Picoides pubescens | Downy Woodpecker |
Sphyrapicus varius | Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker |
Colaptes auratus | Northern Flicker |
Cyanocitta cristata | Blue Jay |
Quiscalus quiscula | Common Grackle |
Sturnus vulgaris | Starling |
Mimus polyglottos | Northern Mockingbird |
Dumetella carolinensis | Catbird |
Icterus galbula | Baltimore Oriole |
Icterus spurius | Orchard Oriole |
Bombycilla cedrorum | Cedar Waxwing |
Turdus migratorius | Robin |
Sialia sialis | Eastern Bluebird |
Pipilio erythrophthalmus | Red-Eyed Towhee |
Baeolophus bicolor | Tufted Titmouse |
Carpodacus purpureus* | Purple Finch |
Carpodacus mexicanus | House Finch |
Zonotrichia albicollis* | White-Throated Sparrow |
*eats
buds
Note: songbirds peck at the larger fruits, but don't carry them around