Suet Bird Feeders

You can offer suet all year if you use the commercially prepared suet cakes found at stores where bird feeding supplies are sold. This suet is rendered, meaning that it has been melted and re-hardened, and it stays solid even in warm weather. During the summer, place your suet feeder in the shade. Suet feeders designed to discourage starlings have a roof and can only be approached from underneath by birds that can hang under the feeder. Nuthatches, titmice, chickadees and woodpeckers are able to hold on, while starlings and other larger birds have problems trying to cling.