Suet Feeder Suet is readily eaten by titmice, chickadees, nuthatches, and woodpeckers. In addition to the regular suet-feeder visitors, wrens, creepers, and warblers occasionally pick at these mixes. You can also make your own suet pudding and feeder. Suet puddings are made by grinding and melting suet and adding seeds. Hang the pinecones and the logs from poles near other feeders, from trees, or from a wire stretched between trees.
Several feeders offering different kinds of foods reduce waste and minimize congestion.
Having multiple feeders in different places will also attract a variety of species, since birds typically feed at different levels. Woodpeckers, jays, nuthatches, chickadees, and finches readily feed in trees, so these will visit higher-set feeders. Likewise, cardinals, towhees, sparrows, and juncos usually feed near the ground. Place feeders close to windows so that you can enjoy the action, but beware of large picture windows that may result in collisions. Avoid ground feeders if there is a risk that house cats will pounce from nearby shrubs.