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Do not offer birds nuts with candy coatings or spice flavorings.

Coconut halves can also be used as small feeders in addition to being tasty treats themselves. Offer finely crushed nuts or whole nuts for the birds to take, or use peanut butter to attract different birds. Nuts: While peanuts can easily be purchased raw as bird food, other nuts such as almonds, pecans, and walnuts are also tempting for birds.For the best nutrition and most attractiveness, offer birds cereal with lower sugar content and fewer artificial dyes. Cereal: Stale or leftover cereal and oats, including rolled or quick oats, is a tasty bird treat.Other fruits, such as old berries, raisins, grapes, bananas, oranges, grapefruits and the seeds of watermelons, honeydew melons, pumpkins, and cantaloupes can also be offered to birds. The fruit can be collected and chopped up to add to feeders, or it can be left on trees for the birds to find. Fruit: Windfall or bruised fruit from backyard trees is always appetizing to the birds.Dry food should be moistened or crushed before being offered to the birds. Pet food: Both dry and wet food for cats and dogs is formulated to be healthy for pets, and it can be an equally healthy food source for birds.As with cheese, no rancid or rotten meat should ever be available to birds. Offering scrap meats such as bacon rinds, beef grease drippings, beef fat trimmings, meat bones or marrow bones can help birds get essential protein even if insects aren’t available. Meat: Insects are a popular source of protein for many birds.Frozen peas or corn (thawed first), leftover baked potatoes or bits of canned vegetables, even from canned soups, can all be offered to backyard birds. Vegetables: Birds eat a lot of seed and plant material, and scrap vegetables can be a welcome feeder treat.Avoid offering leftover pasta with heavy sauces, strong spices or thick cheeses. The scraps should be soft and chopped into small enough pieces to be carried by the birds. Pasta and rice: Leftover cooked plain pasta or rice is a great source of carbohydrates, especially for granivorous birds.

No moldy or rancid cheese should be offered to birds at any time. Mild flavors such as American or mild cheddar are most suitable, but soft cheeses such as cream cheese are not.