Backyard Bird Feeding - Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Suet FeedersEastern Bluebirds by Wanda JohnsonWestern Tanager by Karen PhillipsPine Warbler by Brenda MuncriefWhile suet is almost guaranteed to attract woodpeckers, other birds that maynot normally visit a seed feeder may also try suet.Species that are not normally considered “feeder birds”, such as the PineWarbler and Western Tanager shown here, may eat suet, especially duringcold spells when insects are scarce.13