Suet And Woodpeckers

External Since: Jul 26, 2005 Posts: 7

Hello,

Thanks all for help with woodpecker problem. (yesterdays post)

The Suet feeders sounds like a real good idea.

Hopefully, they will like this better than the wood siding, and the few ants
that might be beneath the wood.

I believe there are zillions of different kinds of Suet.

Anyone happen to know which type woodpeckers like, and which they don't ?

Thanks,
Bob (outside of Boston)

External Since: Feb 12, 2004 Posts: 336

First thing I would recommend for this time of year is a 'year-round' suet
...... they don't melt and make a mess. Woodpeckers like anything with seeds
and fruit in it and don't forget peanut butter. I've never tried the ones
that have bugs in them. I buy the square suet cakes and feed them out of
the basic 6" square suet cage. I get hairy woodpeckers, downy woodpeckers,
black capped chickadees and red breasted nuthatches at them.

You may still want to take a close look at your siding just to be sure there
isn't something hiding in there doing major damage.

Good luck!
--
Tammie
In Ontario, Canada, North of Lake Superior
http://community.webshots.com/user/thache

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> Hello,
>
> Thanks all for help with woodpecker problem. (yesterdays post)
>
> The Suet feeders sounds like a real good idea.
>
> Hopefully, they will like this better than the wood siding, and the few
> ants that might be beneath the wood.
>
> I believe there are zillions of different kinds of Suet.
>
> Anyone happen to know which type woodpeckers like, and which they don't ?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob (outside of Boston)
>