Do birds eat wasps?

Birds who regularly consume bugs will eat wasps. Some will even purposely hunt down wasps, such as starlings, blackbirds and magpies. Other birds that make wasps an occasional snack include sparrows, wrens, orioles, bluebirds, woodpeckers, warblers and common nighthawks. read more

Honey Buzzards have an interesting defensive adaptation for dealing with stroppy wasps. Their facial feathers are very dense and are laced with a chemical which has sedative properties affecting insects. When the bird start ripping into a wasps nest the occupants come screaming out to attack then get all docile. read more

Other birds who eat bees do so only on occasion, not as a main diet staple. These include kingbirds, swifts, mockingbirds, thrushes and martins. In most cases, these birds grab bees off the ground, not in flight. Woodpeckers can single in on a hive and enjoy the protein boost. read more