1 2 cup lard or.
Bird seed cakes for summer.
This is a tried and true suet recipe that i found in birds and blooms extra contributed by virginia barnard.
Packed full of those seeds that are all specially chosen to attract the most colorful of songbirds these.
Many suet mixtures even contain seeds insects and fruit bits that can appeal to a wide range of bird species including bluebirds woodpeckers chickadees and wrens this is an ideal food for summer birds when nesting adults need more calories to forage for their dependent chicks or to defend their nests from.
We live in wisconsin where it obviously isn t quite as hot but it has held up here even in direct sun.
Spoon seed mixture into mold packing tightly.
Insert a drinking straw to create a hole into the mixture for further hanging.
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Very berry suet cake pack of 16.
Add 2 cups of bird seed and stir until seeds are completely coated in gelatin mixture.
She explains that it works very well in oklahoma s high summer temperatures.
So i thought all of you might want my recipe along with a couple of tips on how i make my suet so you can have birds pecking your door down and.
Why feed suet in summer.
The squirrels like it too but now that we re offering other food for them a little ways away they.
Spray your cookie cutters with cooking spray.
These cakes can just be made with the basic birdseed mix or you can branch out and add in some safflower seed thistle seed black oiler sunflower seeds or fruits or nuts to bring in more types of birds as the stacker is intended to be used.
Diy birdola stacker birdseed cakes.
Keep adding seeds and packing down.