This is a very poor quality video out our patio door but I am telling you that birds love suet in the winter. This a pileated Woodpecker, we generally have at least one daily, some days we have two at a time. They will usually be knocking on the trees or tearing up the suet bags. We bought the suet bag at the grocery store in the freezer section of the meat department. To hang the bag I simply tied a small rope to the top of the bag and threw the bag over a tree limb which seems totally natural to the birds. Tie the other end of the rope to the trunk of the tree and there you have it. In the summer all you need to do is untie the rope from around the trunk and take it all down. Easy as pie!
Many different types of birds will go to a suet bag in the winter because they need the fat in the suet to power up their furnaces so they can stay warm.
Guess what? I found a suet block (they had several kinds to choose from) and a metal suet holder at ACE hardware for $1 each. What a deal! ACE has the best dollar section.
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