Ohio Diet Charts

Mammal Diet

Species	Diet	Seasonal Shift
Deer	Leaves, twigs	Winter browse
Gray Squirrel	Nuts, seeds	Spring buds
Raccoon	Fruits, insects	Summer insects
Cottontail	Grasses	Winter bark
Bobcat	Rabbits	Minimal shift

Bird Diet

Species	Diet	Seasonal Shift
Bald Eagle	Fish	Winter carrion
Red‑Tailed Hawk	Rodents	Winter birds
Barred Owl	Rodents	Spring frogs
Cardinal	Seeds	Summer insects
Ring‑Billed Gull	Fish	Winter scavenging
Wild Turkey	Seeds	Spring insects
Piping Plover	Insects	Minimal shift

Fish Diet

Species	Diet	Seasonal Shift
Walleye	Small fish	Spring minnows
Smallmouth Bass	Crayfish	Summer crayfish
Channel Catfish	Insects, fish	Summer scavenging
Bluegill	Insects	Summer surface insects
Northern Pike	Fish	Minimal shift
Lake Sturgeon	Mollusks	Minimal shift

Sources — Diet

ODNR Species Diet Profiles — https://ohiodnr.gov Cornell Lab Bird Diet — https://allaboutbirds.org Great Lakes Fishery Commission — https://www.glfc.org