I am pleased to report that the birds appear to like their homemade suet

[conuly]

It really won't keep in the summer - I can tell it's a lot squishier than the commercial stuff! - so I definitely need to use it up this winter. I suppose I could put out very small nuggets of frozen suet in the spring as well, in the tray feeder. The birds gobble everything in the tray feeder by noon most days, so it'll probably still be frozen before the day warms up. Put some out for the window squirrels as well in the same fashion. Spring is when squirrels starve, their caches are all used up and new food isn't readily available*, so they'll appreciate a high-energy treat.

* though how true that is in a city is debateable!

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[8hyenas]

Oh that's good to know about the squirrels. I usually feed the birds from frost to last frost but I'll keep it going a bit for the squirrels.

[conuly]

When squirrels are eating the buds from trees or bulbs from the ground, that's when you know it's bad. These are foods of last resort for squirrels, just as if you were driven to try to eat grass and ants.

[conuly]

(Except the ants may be of more nutritive value to you than buds are to squirrels!)