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Sweet Suet: Fattening Up the Wild Birds


Don’t stop the suet feeding just yet. Those little songful beauties have just traveled thousands of miles to land in your backyard and need some fattening up! Many wild bird lovers will offer suet during the winter months and then

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Wild Birds Want Fats in Their Diet


Fats are a highly concentrated source of energy for birds.  Birds who primarily eat insects are more likely to eat fats than birds who primarily eat seeds.  It is hard to provide insects to insect loving birds, but luckily we

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Hot Pepper Suet Cake – #1 Best Seller from Nov. to Feb.


The hot pepper suet cakes for wild birds that we carry are laced with hot peppers that birds cannot taste but drives squirrels elsewhere for food. We have a number of different hot pepper solutions: RTU Hot Pepper Delight Suet

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Add Color for the Birds with a RED Tube Feeder


In the late fall and winter, heavy snow will bury natural sources of wild bird food. Most of the vegetation of spring and summer has withered and blown away, and most insect species are either dead or dormant.  I like to

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High Energy Suet – Year Round for Backyard Birds


Suet feeding was once primarily for winter feeding, but now has become a year-round activity and supplements a regular seed-feeding program (and in some cases replaces seed altogether). Wild Bird Suet is a high-energy source of food for birds, but used to

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More on Winter Suet Feeding


Suet is readily eaten by titmice, chickadees, nuthatches, and woodpeckers. In addition to the regular suet-feeder visitors, wrens, creepers, and warbles occasionally pick at suet mixes. You can hang suet chunks from a tree in an onion bag or half-inch

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Treat Your Backyard Birds Well in the Winter with a Suet Feeder


Suet feeders are a great way to feed your backyard birds during the fall and winter months.  Most suet feeders have a cage that is made of sturdy, steel wire that will hold up well in harsh weather.  You may want to choose a suet feeder with a

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Feeding Your Backyard Birds with a Suet Feeder


Suet feeders are great for providing birds with the food and nutrients that they need for survival throughout the year. In addition to being a great source of food for the birds, suet feeders are easy to maintain and insert

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