Birds Feeding on the Fruit
of Gray Dogwood
(Cornus racemosa)



Bird Species
(Scientific & Common Names)


Aix sponsa
(Wood Duck)

Anas platyrhynchos
(Mallard)

Bombycilla cedrorum *
(Cedar Waxwing)

Cardinalis cardinalis *
(Northern Cardinal)

Pinicola enucleator *
(Pine Grosbeak)

Dumetella carolinensis * ** §
(Gray Catbird)

Colinus virginianus *
(Bobwhite Quail)

Bonasa umbellus * §§
(Ruffed Grouse)

Meleagris gallopavo *
(Wild Turkey)

Phasianus colchicus
(Ring-necked Pheasant)

Tympanuchus cupido §§
(Greater Prairie Chicken)

Colaptes auratus *
(Northern Flicker)

Melanerpes erythrocephalus
(Red-headed Woodpecker)

Picoides pubescens *
(Downy Woodpecker)

Catharus fuscescens
(Veery)

Catharus minimus
(Grey-cheeked Thrush)

Catharus ustulatus
(Swainson's Thrush)

Sialia sialis *
(Eastern Bluebird)

Turdus migratorius *
(American Robin)

Tyrannus tyrannus *
(Eastern Kingbird)

 



* fruits are a preferred food source
** uses shrub as protective cover
§ uses this shrub for nest sites
§§ also feeds on buds

Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961), Havera (1999),
DeGraaf (2002), Martin et al. (1951/1961),
Yeatter (1943), Beal (1915a), Beal (1915b)

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