The Suet Feeder

[emilyB]

I filled it for the first time today and then went out with a friend to downtown and the Kohl's sale.  When I came back I got this pic from my husband which made me so happy.  The birds have discovered it already and now I will probably be refilling it out on the deck every couple of days.

[takncarabizniz]

 
I love knowing the birds feel secure enough to hang around...

[dondc]

Squirrels and woodpeckers play havoc with mine.
At least the deer don't bother it. 

[sunshine]

Woodpeckers always break my suets and I loose the whole thing. I had quit buying them here.

[mudslinger]

Sure, always the fault of the pecker, during the winter months they are the main visitors to a suet feeder.

[dondc]

I have one suet feeder that woodpeckers and squirrels can't get to, but it also restricts the larger birds.  Chickadees love it.
I hang it out in the winter only.  I don't mind the woodpeckers, two species of them in my back yard.
I also have one Anna's humming birds all winter, so I kep their feeder with a small amount in it.

[emilyB]

I have to fill the sunflower seed feeder now............it ran out and the birds keep looking at it expecting to find it filled.   The only bag down at Bi-Mart was $15.99 and it seemed so expensive but if I can't find a smaller one, then I'll get it because I'm getting the guilts!

[sunshine]

I don't mind the woodpeckers  but they waste so much food.

[dondc]

At my house other birds are on the ground under the feeder when the woodpeckers or squirrels are at work.  Little waste.

[mudslinger]

Nothing in mother nature goes to waste sunshine, unlike Obama's presidency, there are always ground feeders out there to pick up the spill.

[emilyB]

Oh Muddy what are we going to do with you......................you never miss a cue!

[takncarabizniz]

LOL emily, I believe he lays in wait, just for these moments...LOL
 
My husband allows me to have the hummingbird feeders, but no others...all we seem to have are crows and swallows around here and they have made a mess of everything they come in contact with.  He doesn't want them hanging around even more...LOL
 
The crows are being fed peanuts somewhere in the neighborhood (people probably have them out for the squirrels) and the crows drag them into our yard and bury them...all over our lawn, in my gardens, even in my planters...
 
But I do enjoy seeing the success of others when it comes to caring for our feathered friends...Don, we have only seen a couple of woodpeckers where we are, I'm glad for that...we have way too many huge cedars skirting the neighborhood, I'd hate to have them compromise any to the point that they started coming down...