Bird Feeders

[Honda]

I put out a suet bird feeder about 8 days ago. I have yet to draw a bird. I have no idea why they are not coming to the feeder. It is attached to a hook which is attached to a fence. It is in a safe area under a tree where the birds would have plenty of cover. Any ideas what I am doing wrong. For the record there are plenty of birds around I hear them all the time.

[wacojoe]

I never had many or any takers when I put up suet either.
It’s great in my chili though.

[Honda]

The only reason I did the suet is that I was at a friends house close by and they were tearing it up. I guess I will put a regular seed one out to see if I can get them going. From what I read suet is good for them in the winter.

[Mike]

I only get a few birds at my suet feeders. Woodpeckers, sapsuckers and flickers like it, as well as nuthatches. The purveyors of suet will tell you a lot of other birds like it, but my experience is only those previously mentioned come to mine.

For more birds, put out a variety of feeders with different foods. I have some with thistle seed only, some with a seed mix and some with black oily sunflower seed only. Different birds prefer different feeders.

[Honda]

Thanks for the info. I heard the black oily sunflower seeds were great for most birds. They did not have any at Walmart. I am going to get a new feeder tomorrow and give them a selection. Anybody got any tips on what kind of feeder. I was leaning toward the tube type with three feeds holes.

[Mike]

I have squirrel problems so I use the Brom Squirrel Buster mostly. I also use the 3 tube type on poles with squirrel baffles.