Shrub · Salix bebbiana
Willow (Bebb) for backyard birds
Early catkins draw insects for arriving warblers and hummingbirds.
- Scientific name
- Salix bebbiana
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- insects for nestlings, seed
- Native in
- 28 US states, 13 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 186
Birds most often fed by Willow (Bebb)
Counted across every state and province where Willow (Bebb) is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 70 regions
- Common Redpoll — 58 regions
- American Robin — 41 regions
- Dark-eyed Junco — 41 regions
- Mallard — 41 regions
- Belted Kingfisher — 41 regions
- Golden-crowned Kinglet — 41 regions
- Bank Swallow — 41 regions
- Canada Goose — 41 regions
- Spotted Sandpiper — 41 regions
- Merlin — 41 regions
- Peregrine Falcon — 41 regions
Willow (Bebb) by state and province
Alaska (66 birds)Alberta (110 birds)Arizona (118 birds)British Columbia (115 birds)California (122 birds)Colorado (117 birds)Connecticut (113 birds)Idaho (109 birds)Iowa (119 birds)Maine (112 birds)Manitoba (110 birds)Massachusetts (114 birds)Michigan (120 birds)Minnesota (120 birds)Montana (112 birds)Nebraska (125 birds)Nevada (117 birds)New Brunswick (102 birds)New Hampshire (111 birds)New Jersey (121 birds)New Mexico (121 birds)New York (119 birds)Newfoundland and Labrador (83 birds)North Dakota (114 birds)Northwest Territories (74 birds)Nova Scotia (97 birds)Nunavut (29 birds)Ontario (123 birds)Oregon (111 birds)Pennsylvania (122 birds)Prince Edward Island (84 birds)Quebec (112 birds)Rhode Island (111 birds)Saskatchewan (108 birds)South Dakota (120 birds)Utah (114 birds)Vermont (111 birds)Washington (110 birds)Wisconsin (121 birds)Wyoming (109 birds)Yukon (74 birds)