Wonderful World of Peanuts

Peanuts are becoming increasingly popular in backyard feeders! There are a number of birds that will be attracted to your feeding station with the addition of peanuts. Whole peanuts, peanut pieces, and peanut butter can be offered in a variety of ways. There are feeders specifically made for peanuts and peanut butter, your birds can hardly wait! Birds will also appreciate peanut flavored suet cakes and nuggets.

Here's a list of birds that are attracted to peanuts and/or peanut butter:

• Woodpeckers
• Jays
• Crows
• Magpies
• Nutcrackers
• Titmice
• Chickadees
• Nuthatches
• Wrens
• Creepers
• Towhees
• Juncos
• Finches
• Siskins

Keep in mind that the Squirrels in your yard will go to great lengths to get their little hands on some peanuts, too! Whether you love them or hate them, there are feeders available to offer peanuts to the squirrels. Squirrel feeders might offer some distraction to keep squirrels away from your other feeders. Adding pole baffles and squirrel guards to your bird feeding station will help, too.