Eastern Birds
in Your Backyard and Beyond

Eastern Birds fly through your yard and you wonder if they'd use a Bird Feeder. Or perhaps you think it would be fun to get a Bird House (nest box) to see if they would use it to raise their next family. To help out, we've compiled list of birds in the Eastern U.S. known to use feeders and/or nestboxes. The birds are divided alphabetically into Groups. NOTE: Please visit Western Birds in Your Backyard and Beyond for the bird list for the Western U.S.

Attract birds to your yard with a wide selection of bird feeders, then select your feeders from the best available today.

Putting up a species-specific bird house is the best way to entice your visiting cavity-nesting birds to stay and raise a family.  What a great educational project for your children, or a way for you to enjoy one of Mother Nature's fascinating events. Here is a way for you to determine what type and size Bird House (nest box) is appropriate for most species.  Once you've decided, then choose from a selection of great Bird Houses.

Eastern U.S. Birds That Are Known to USE FEEDERS

Eastern U.S. Birds That Are Known to USE BIRD HOUSES

DUCKS

Black-bellied Whistling Duck	Wood Duck	Common Goldeneye
Barrows Goldeneye	Bufflehead	Hooded Merganzer

CHICKADEES, NUTHATCHES, WRENS

Black-capped Chickadee	Carolina Chickadee	Boreal Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse	Red-breasted Nuthatch	White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch	Carolina Wren	Bewick's Wren
House Wren	...	...

FINCHES

House Finch

House Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

FLYCATCHERS

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Great-crested Flycatcher

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OWLS

Barn Owl	Eastern Screech Owl	Barred Owl
Boreal Owl	Northern Saw-whet Owl	...

SWALLOWS

Purple Martin

Tree Swallow

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THRUSHES AND MIMICS

Eastern Bluebird

European Starling

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WARBLERS

Prothonotary Warbler

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WOODPECKERS

Red-headed Woodpecker	Golden-fronted Woodpecker	Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker	Hairy Woodpecker	Northern Flicker