Tree · Pinus strobus
Eastern white pine for backyard birds
Seed-rich cones and year-round shelter.
- Scientific name
- Pinus strobus
- Plant type
- Tree
- What birds get from it
- conifer seed and cover, insects for nestlings
- Native in
- 25 US states, 7 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 117
Birds most often fed by Eastern white pine
Counted across every state and province where Eastern white pine is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 64 regions
- Downy Woodpecker — 32 regions
- Hairy Woodpecker — 32 regions
- American Robin — 32 regions
- Song Sparrow — 32 regions
- Northern Flicker — 32 regions
- Pileated Woodpecker — 32 regions
- Red-breasted Nuthatch — 32 regions
- Red-winged Blackbird — 32 regions
- Pine Siskin — 32 regions
- Tree Swallow — 32 regions
- Barn Swallow — 32 regions
Eastern white pine by state and province
Connecticut (88 birds)Delaware (93 birds)Georgia (97 birds)Illinois (94 birds)Indiana (94 birds)Iowa (89 birds)Kentucky (95 birds)Maine (90 birds)Manitoba (89 birds)Maryland (94 birds)Massachusetts (90 birds)Michigan (94 birds)Minnesota (94 birds)Missouri (97 birds)New Brunswick (84 birds)New Hampshire (89 birds)New Jersey (95 birds)New York (96 birds)Newfoundland and Labrador (68 birds)North Carolina (101 birds)Nova Scotia (80 birds)Ohio (95 birds)Ontario (100 birds)Pennsylvania (97 birds)Prince Edward Island (71 birds)Quebec (89 birds)Rhode Island (87 birds)Tennessee (97 birds)Vermont (89 birds)Virginia (96 birds)West Virginia (93 birds)Wisconsin (95 birds)