I stopped putting out suet cakes in the summer and my yard got way more interesting

For years, I followed the common advice to only offer suet in cold weather, but I kept a feeder up all last summer just to see. From June through August, I logged over 15 different species coming to it, including a pair of red-bellied woodpeckers that nested nearby. The big change was seeing warblers and even a blue-gray gnatcatcher picking at it, birds that never touched my seed feeders. I think the key was finding a no-melt, insect-based suet blend. It didn't go bad or get greasy. Has anyone else tried year-round suet and noticed different visitors?

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casey1451mo ago

Oh man, the bird feeding rules are all made up, huh? I took mine down like a chump. Guess my yard is boring on purpose.

quinnj241mo ago

My buddy's neighbor got fined for feeding pigeons last month.

shane_nguyen4d ago

Wow, they actually fined someone for that? I thought it was just one of those rules nobody enforces around here. It is honestly crazy to me that they would go after somebody for feeding pigeons when there are way bigger problems to worry about.