Tree · Quercus macrocarpa
Bur oak for backyard birds
Drought-hardy prairie oak with large acorns and a heavy insect load.
- Scientific name
- Quercus macrocarpa
- Plant type
- Tree
- What birds get from it
- acorns and nuts, insects for nestlings
- Native in
- 24 US states, 5 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 141
Birds most often fed by Bur oak
Counted across every state and province where Bur oak is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 56 regions
- Downy Woodpecker — 29 regions
- Hairy Woodpecker — 29 regions
- White-breasted Nuthatch — 29 regions
- American Robin — 29 regions
- Song Sparrow — 29 regions
- Northern Flicker — 29 regions
- Red-breasted Nuthatch — 29 regions
- Common Grackle — 29 regions
- Red-winged Blackbird — 29 regions
- Barn Swallow — 29 regions
- Eastern Kingbird — 29 regions
Bur oak by state and province
Arkansas (98 birds)Illinois (94 birds)Indiana (94 birds)Iowa (89 birds)Kansas (101 birds)Kentucky (96 birds)Louisiana (102 birds)Maine (86 birds)Manitoba (83 birds)Michigan (90 birds)Minnesota (90 birds)Missouri (97 birds)Montana (83 birds)Nebraska (94 birds)New Brunswick (79 birds)New York (91 birds)North Dakota (83 birds)Ohio (94 birds)Oklahoma (111 birds)Ontario (96 birds)Pennsylvania (94 birds)Quebec (85 birds)Saskatchewan (82 birds)South Dakota (89 birds)Tennessee (98 birds)Texas (123 birds)Vermont (85 birds)Wisconsin (91 birds)Wyoming (81 birds)