The log suet feeder has turned out to be quite popular. Or, at least, the suet mix I’ve put in it has. The downy woodpeckers seem to appreciate the natural style of feeder as well as the suet mix. Yesterday, four starlings were trying to land on it at once. The starlings really like my homemade suet. It must be great stuff because there’s a male cardinal doing everything he can to eat it. He has to work hard at it. Even though the cardinals are able to hold on to the wire peanut feeder, they aren’t able to cling to the log feeder. So one determined male cardinal eyes the log, looking for a good chunk of the suet mix, and then he launches into the air and tries to hover long enough to grab a beakful. He has to be fast because cardinals just are not made for hovering. It seems to be working for him although he’s fast to take advantage of any suet which drops to the ground. The suet mixture, by the way, was simply bacon grease mixed into peanut butter and then into this was mixed chopped peanuts and a seed mix that has millet and shelled sunflower seeds. I found out accidentally that my dogs and the pesky squirrels also think that suet mixture is good stuff.
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