I know we’re supposed to “social distance” and all that mask stuff, but when it comes to birds, I want to draw a crowd. The more the merrier, bring ‘em on.
The best way, I have found to attract lots of birds is to – first – provide fresh water – and second, provide multiple food sources.
If you put up a feeder with sunflower and basic seeds, you’ll certainly attract birds, but a limited number of species – titmice, cardinals, chickadees, jays and a few others. If you scatter seeds on the ground, doves will come as will sparrows and snowbirds. But if you add a feeder of sunflower hearts or chips, you’ll bring in bluebirds, finches, nuthatches, Eastern Towhees, Red-bellied woodpeckers, Downy Woodpeckers and wrens.
If you really want to draw a crowd, hang up a Peanut Delight Suet Log and watch as thrashers, catbirds, woodpeckers of all types, jays, mockingbirds and even grosbeaks fly in to take advantage.
The peanut log attracted the recent visit of Red-breasted Grosbeaks to my yard and they stayed and fed on the log for several days.
I wrote about this product last year. It is a bird magnet. Most birds like suet, but this is like suet on steroids. Birds come non-stop throughout the day, The catbirds (which I love) practically camp out on the dangling logs. Last summer they fed their chicks bits of peanuts and suet from the log.
I first found the logs at Wal-Mart , but when they ran out, I ordered the product online. I bought 4 more logs this morning. The 1-pound logs cost less than $4 and last several days, a small price to pay for a constant flow of beauty into your yard. They also make 2-pound logs which last quite a bit longer.
Manufactured by C&S, the logs contain Corn, Roasted Peanuts, Rendered Beef Suet, Oats, Soy Oil. No Melt Suet Dough is compressed it into a convenient “log”, and is easily mounted to a feeding pole. Bird will visit throughout the year.
The Peanut Delight Suet Logs simply dangle by wire from a crook. Make sure to use a baffle or the squirrels will make short work of the log. They love it, too.
Try one and you’ll see, almost at once, lots of different birds at your feeders.