Adapted from Attracting Birds to Your Backyard Hemlocks, hollies, junipers, and pines are also fabulous evergreens for birds. Balsam Fir Abies balsamea Attracts nesting and roosting birds, including grosbeaks and robins; chickadees, juncos, jays, nuthatches, and other birds eat the seeds. Blue Spruce Picea pungens Attracts nesting and roosting birds, especially grackles and house finches. Box huckleberry Gaylussacia brachycera Attracts nesting and roosting birds, especially sparrows, towhees, and thrushes; catbirds, jays, thrushes, and waxwings eat the fruit. Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii Attracts nesting and roosting birds. Japanese Yew Taxus cuspidata Attracts nesting and roosting birds, especially doves and chipping sparrows; fruits are eaten by mocking birds, robins, and sparrows. Norway Spruce Picea abies Attracts nesting and roosting birds, especially grackles and house finches. Rhododendrons Rhododendron spp. Attracts nesting and roosting birds, and hummingbirds when flowering.
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