Tree · Pseudotsuga menziesii
Douglas fir for backyard birds
Seed for crossbills, siskins and chickadees.
- Scientific name
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- Plant type
- Tree
- What birds get from it
- conifer seed and cover, insects for nestlings
- Native in
- 11 US states, 2 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 131
Birds most often fed by Douglas fir
Counted across every state and province where Douglas fir is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 22 regions
- Hairy Woodpecker — 13 regions
- White-breasted Nuthatch — 13 regions
- House Wren — 13 regions
- American Robin — 13 regions
- Song Sparrow — 13 regions
- Northern Flicker — 13 regions
- Red-breasted Nuthatch — 13 regions
- Brown Creeper — 13 regions
- Red-winged Blackbird — 13 regions
- Pine Siskin — 13 regions
- Tree Swallow — 13 regions