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Good quality poles and baffles are not cheap of course, but I have found that by offering suet in this more protected way, I don’t have to refill the suet feeders anywhere near as often as I used to. Sometimes various birds will poke around on the ground under the feeders to snap up bits of suet that other birds have dropped. Just this past week, three Eastern Bluebirds have been hanging around the yard and have similarly grabbed some suet briefly. In late winter, European Starlings do the same, but because the feeders are upside down, they tire of it pretty quickly. In the spring, Blue Jays will dangle for a moment or two to get some suet for their young. And the occasional Pine Warbler will eat suet when they come through the yard. But Tufted Titmouses, Carolina Chickadees and White-Breasted Nuthatches will grab a bite every now and then. The birds that use our suet feeders most are the two types of woodpeckers and the wrens.

On the other hand, my post on Where to Hang a Suet Feeder details pros and cons of a lot of possible suet feeder locations.

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If that is the case, check out my post on how to Keep Squirrels Off Branch Hung Suet Feeders. But maybe a pole just isn’t something you want to use in your yard. I think poles are the best way to hang a suet feeder to keep squirrels off it.

Pine Warbler Eating Suet If You Don’t Want to Use a Pole I’ve never seen all three suet feeders in use at once, but there frequently are two in use at once. Carolina wren Eating Suetīecause there are two or three suet feeders hanging on the same pole, you might wonder if several birds would be willing to eat at one time. With woodpeckers, spacing is appreciated. And again, the birds on the suet feeders get disturbed. Second, even if you put only suet feeders on one pole but put that pole too close to other feeders, then you’ll get other birds using the top of the shepherd’s hooks as a place to pause before flying over to the seed feeders. Mourning Dove on Top of Shepherd’s Hook Pole But more solitary birds like Downy Woodpeckers and Red-Bellied Woodpeckers do not want to eat in the middle of noisy flocks of birds. Bolder social birds like Carolina Wrens or Blue Jays are usually fine eating suet when other birds are right there. Red-Bellied Woodpecker Eating Suetįirst, if you offer suet right next to or on seed feeders, it can spook some of the birds you are trying to attract. I found placing them at least this distance apart to be important for a couple of related reasons. My experiments with placing suet feeders right with seed feeders or even just a little bit away, did not work well. Hanging Suet Away From Other Feedersīoth of these poles ONLY have suet feeders on them and the nearest seed feeders are at least twenty-five feet away. Check out my post on Nuisance Birds Use Baffles to Get Suet. Note: If you have any trouble with grackles or starlings using a barrel baffle top to get to the suet, there is a fairly easy fix. This is the one with the extra little arm that holds three suet feeders. It is easily visible from the kitchen and dining room windows. The other pole is located out in the back yard about twenty-five feet out from the back door.