Tree · Acer saccharum
Sugar maple for backyard birds
Hosts hundreds of caterpillar species; spring flowers draw early insects.
- Scientific name
- Acer saccharum
- Plant type
- Tree
- What birds get from it
- insects for nestlings, seed
- Native in
- 29 US states, 5 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 157
Birds most often fed by Sugar maple
Counted across every state and province where Sugar maple is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 68 regions
- Downy Woodpecker — 34 regions
- Hairy Woodpecker — 34 regions
- American Goldfinch — 34 regions
- White-breasted Nuthatch — 34 regions
- American Robin — 34 regions
- Dark-eyed Junco — 34 regions
- Song Sparrow — 34 regions
- Chipping Sparrow — 34 regions
- Northern Flicker — 34 regions
- Red-breasted Nuthatch — 34 regions
- Common Grackle — 34 regions
Sugar maple by state and province
Connecticut (113 birds)Delaware (118 birds)Georgia (123 birds)Illinois (125 birds)Indiana (123 birds)Iowa (119 birds)Kansas (133 birds)Kentucky (121 birds)Maine (112 birds)Maryland (120 birds)Massachusetts (114 birds)Michigan (120 birds)Minnesota (120 birds)Missouri (128 birds)Nebraska (125 birds)New Brunswick (102 birds)New Hampshire (111 birds)New Jersey (121 birds)New York (119 birds)North Carolina (127 birds)North Dakota (114 birds)Nova Scotia (97 birds)Ohio (124 birds)Ontario (123 birds)Pennsylvania (122 birds)Prince Edward Island (84 birds)Quebec (112 birds)Rhode Island (111 birds)South Dakota (120 birds)Tennessee (123 birds)Vermont (111 birds)Virginia (122 birds)West Virginia (119 birds)Wisconsin (121 birds)