Brewer's Blackbird
© Laura Erickson
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What they eat: Brewer’s Blackbirds eat seeds, grains, and insects. Attract them to your yard by putting out hulled sunflower, cracked corn, and millet in platform and ground feeders. |
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Where they live: These birds live in a variety of natural habitats—from grasslands to coastal scrub—as well as in manmade ones, and they occur in the western half of North America |
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Did you know? Around marshes, you may see these birds walking on lily pads to hunt aquatic insects and even small frogs |
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How they sound: These birds give a tchup call and their song is a shrill, rising squeee. |
To learn more, visit the Cornell Lab's free website: www.allaboutbirds.org.
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