Description
Hang the fat and watch the fun!DownloadChickadees and titmice, nuthatches and jays, and woodpeckers, like the Pileated pictured here, all love suet. As do birds whose beaks can’t open seeds, like tiny kinglets, and almost any wintering warbler. The Brown Creeper, usually creeping up tree trunks, is a cool bird to discover at your suet feeder. And in the West, look for mobs of tiny Bushtits, taking a break from their normal diet of insects and spiders.
Transcript: BirdNote®
Who Likes Suet?
Written by Bob Sundstrom
This is BirdNote.[Tufted Titmouse song, https://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/192213, 0,16-.19]Fall is a great time to put out a suet feeder. Suet cakes are mostly fat, giving birds a high energy boost to help them survive the cold weather.Who likes suet? It’s a long and varied list. [White-breasted Nuthatch call, https://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/176168, 0.04-.07] Typical visitors include chickadees and titmice, nuthatches, jays, and woodpeckers. And keep an eye out for oth
