What Birdseed Do You Feed Wrens?

What Birdseed Do You Feed Wrens?
Written By
G.D. Palmer
G.D. Palmer
Published: Nov 30, 2010
Updated: Nov 20, 2021
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Wild Diet

Wrens are primarily insectivorous, and don't often appear at bird feeders. In the wild, wrens eat spiders, beetles, caterpillars, flies and other insects. They also will consume snail shells to provide calcium and digestive grit. Wrens will eat nuts, seeds and berries when insects are unavailable.

Feeders

These birds are rare visitors to feeders, and are most likely to consume seed in the winter, when other food supplies are scarce. Black oil sunflower seed, peanut hearts and nutmeats are the best seed to attract winter wrens.

Suet

Wrens also may consume suet cakes, with or without seed, in the colder months. Place the cake in a suet feeder to prevent squirrels and larger birds from stealing it.

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G.D. Palmer

G.D. Palmer is a freelance writer and illustrator living in Milwaukee, Wis. She has been producing print and Web content for various organizations since 1998 and has been freelancing full-time since 2007. Palmer holds a Bachelor of Arts…

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