Bird Suet

Bird Suet is a high energy food made from animal fat (hard fat surrounding beef kidneys) and is particularly attractive to woodpeckers.

Bird Suet feeders are mesh containers which hold suet blocks and allows "clinging" birds to feed through holes. The wire cages helps keeps out squirrels and raccoons.

If starlings are a problem at your suet feeder, discourage them by using a suet feeder with access only from the bottom or which requires birds to hang upside down. Starlings are reluctant to perch upside down.

Suet can go rancid, especially in hot weather, so during the summer months do not offer suet from the butcher. The commercially produced suet cakes are processed in such a way to help prevent the suet from melting and going rancid.

We like Stokes High Energy Bird Suet because of its easy-open, no-mess packaging and melt resistant formula. It is also fortified with calcium for egg-shell and bone development.

And if you have a problem with squirrels, then here is a good Squirrel-proof Suet Feeder to keep squirrels from stealing!

Types of birds attracted to suet:

Black-capped and other Chickadees, White-breasted & Red-breasted Nuthatches, Tufted Titmice, Downy & Hairy Woodpeckers, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Creepers, Cardinals, Wrens