Bird Seed Cakes For Summer

Why feed suet in summer.

Bird seed cakes for summer.

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. 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. Packed full of those seeds that are all specially chosen to attract the most colorful of songbirds these. The squirrels like it too but now that we re offering other food for them a little ways away they.

Very berry suet cake pack of 16. Diy birdola stacker birdseed cakes. Our 8 best suet cakes for birds 1. She explains that it works very well in oklahoma s high summer temperatures.

Spray your cookie cutters with cooking spray. Insert a drinking straw to create a hole into the mixture for further hanging. But i have to tell you if i put out a store bought suet cake and one of mine at the same time the birds will go through 3 or 4 of my suet cakes before the store bought one is anywhere near gone. Suet packs a lot of calories into an easy to eat form.

This is a tried and true suet recipe that i found in birds and blooms extra contributed by virginia barnard. We live in wisconsin where it obviously isn t quite as hot but it has held up here even in direct sun. Keep adding seeds and packing down. Add 2 cups of bird seed and stir until seeds are completely coated in gelatin mixture.

Spoon seed mixture into mold packing tightly.