Plants for Songbirds
Try these Food Plants for Songbirds!
The following native plants are a good source of food for fruit-eating birds, ranging from American Robins, Varied Thrushes, and Cedar Waxwings to birds as large as Pileated Woodpeckers, Northern Flickers, California Quail and Band-tailed Pigeons.
Food Plants

Saskatoon Berry- Amelanchier alnifolia
Arbutus - Arbutus menziesii
Kinnikinnick - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Hairy Manzanita - Arctostaphylos columbiana
Red osier Dogwood - Cornus sericea
Bunchberry - Cornus unalaschkensis
Black Hawthorne - Crataegus douglasii
Coastal Strawberry - Fragaria chiloensis
Woodland Strawberry- Fragaria vesca

Salal - Gaultheria shallon
Common Juniper - Juniperus communis
Trumpet Honeysuckle - Lonicera ciliosa
Black Twinberry - Lonicera involucrata
Hairy Honeysuckle - Lonicera hispidula
Dull Oregon Grape - Mahonia nervosa
Tall Oregon Grape - Mahonia aquifolium
False Lily-of-the-Valley - Maianthemum dilatatum
Indian Plum - Oemleria cerasiformis
Bitter Cherry - Prunus emarginata
Garry Oak - Quercus garryana
Red Flowering Currant - Ribes sanguineum
Gummy Gooseberry - Ribes lobbii
Baldhip Rose - Rosa gymnocarpa
Nootka Rose - Rosa nutkana
Thimbleberry - Rubus paviflorus
Salmonberry - Rubus spectabilis
Elderberry spp. -Sambucus cerulean, S. racemosa
Trailing Snowberry -Symphoricarpos mollis
Western Snowberry - Symphoricarpos albus
Blueberry spp. - Vaccinium alaskense, V. ovalifolium
Evergreen Huckleberry - Vaccinium ovatum
Red Huckleberry - Vaccinium parvifolium
Remember, plantings that provide food or shelter for songbirds will bring them to your home. Always try to use native species as much as possible - they provide the most value and are much more likely to be used by our native bird species for nesting and habitat.