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Offering Suet
- Store suet cakes in the freezer before using them. This makes them easier to slip into feeders.
- When using a WBU Tail Prop Suet Feeder, leave the suet cake in the molded plastic to force birds to feed on the side facing your viewing window.
- Are starlings hogging your suet? Our EcoTough® Upside-Down Suet Feeder allows birds to feed from below, a comfortable practice for clinging birds, such as woodpeckers, nuthatches, chickadees, but difficult for starlings, or try our Starling Proof feeder to feed a mix of suet and seed cakes out of starling's reach!
- Feed suet all year round. It's combination of high fat and high protein is perfect in cold weather but also at the height of summer when birds are fledging and molting. Just switch to a No-melt formulation in the hottest months.
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Attracting Ground-feeding Birds
- Ground-feeding birds, such as juncos, Song Sparrows and White-crowned Sparrows, are typically more abundant during winter, but dove and quail rely on ground feeders year 'round.
- Offer a blend with millet and sunflower seeds (their preferred seeds) in a covered ground feeder.
- Place the feeder near shrubs or another kind of "windbreak" to provide your ground-feeding birds a safe place to hide, digest their food and escape from summer heat.
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Attracting Finches
- Use a WBU EcoClean® or Quick-Clean® Finch Feeder, and refill from the removable bottom. This helps prevent clumping and promotes “first seed in/first seed out” rotation since finches tend to eat from the top down.
- Shake your finch feeders periodically to make sure the seed inside is dry.
- Place your finch feeder away from feeders where larger birds are feeding. This allows the smaller finches to access the feeder without feeling intimidated by larger birds.
- It may take goldfinches a while to get used to a new feeder, even if you have previously fed the birds. Tie some yellow ribbon to your feeder to make it more visually attractive to goldfinches.
- If you notice finches waiting to eat, offer a perch that allows you to see them better as they wait.
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