Winter can be one of the easiest seasons to bring more feeder activity into your yard, but not because every natural food source disappears. If you want to know how to attract birds in winter, the useful shift is to recognize that the mix of birds changes by region as some summer visitors leave, resident … Read more
Feeding suet in July without a roof is a recipe for rancid fat and birds with matted, damaged feathers. Most people try to fix this by switching to a different type of food, but the real issue is the feeder hardware itself. A true melt proof suet feeder setup relies on creating permanent shade to … Read more
If your suet is disappearing in hours, starlings are usually the culprits. The fix is remarkably simple: starlings cannot eat from an upside down suet feeder, but woodpeckers can. It all comes down to how each bird grips a surface. In this guide, I will show you why flipping the food source works, which birds … Read more