Suet is a special bird seed for wild birds.
Suet bird seed is made from animal fat.
Animal fat is the most concentrated form of fat that you can feed
wild birds. Suet bird seed is
the animal fat as well as wild bird seed mix.
Suet bird seed is processed so that it will not spoil or melt in
hotter temperatures. That means that you can feed suet bird seed to wild birds year
round, not only in the winter as some may think.
There are many birds that are attracted to suet bird
seed. These wild birds are
also attracted to other bird feeders as
well. Some of these birds may
prefer a hanging bird
feeder, a platform
bird feeder or a
window bird feeder as well as a suet
bird feeder. Some of the
birds that are attracted to suet bird seed include: Woodpeckers,
grosbeaks, nuthatch and chickadees will be the most frequent visitors to
the suet feeders. Sparrows, titmouse and house finches will also frequent
suet stations. Some wild
birds like different flavors of suet cakes in the suet bird feeders.
Along with different
flavors of suet bird seed, in the suet mixture there are different bird
seeds, different fruits and flavored pellets.
Most wild birds will eat all favorites, but like you with food they
will have a favorite. Suet
bird seed is very important for wild birds.
Suet bird seed is one of the first foods that wild birds will offer
their young, so it is important to have suet bird feeders in the spring
and summer as well as the winter and fall when the nights get cold.
Suet is easy to feed to
birds. You can buy suet
feeders online that can be used for different type of suet.
Suet bird feeders can be squirrel
proof bird feeders and be different dimensions depending on the size
of the suet cake you are planning on using.
Suet bird seed is placed inside a suet bird feeder and then hung
from a tree or a bird feeder
pole. They
are very easy to add more suet to as well as maintain.
It is important that once
you start to use suet bird seed, especially in the winter because the wild
birds become dependent on the suet, that you continue to keep your suet
bird feeder full with suet.