Hotlanta

[nlbarber]

It's hot. And humid. Gosh, San Diego was lovely...

I filled the bird feeders this morning, both seed and suet. I can see the suet cake in the backyard feeder from the window by the computer--the feeder is a cage-style that's much larger than the suet cakes I buy. The suet cake is slumped into a curved shape at the bottom, as it's too hot out there for it to hold its shape.

Current temperature is 93°F at 6 PM.

Comments

[nlbarber]

These commercial suet cakes seem very popular (to the birds, that is) all year on my feeders--the downy and the red-headed woodpeckers, the brown thrashers, the bluebirds, they're all only to be found on the suet cakes. I'd like to keep using them, but I'm now checking to be sure I'm not harming the birds while attracting them to the feeder.

I'm just back from the store where I found 'no melt' suet cakes, labeled for all season use. Checked the ends of the other style cake in the shady feeder, and it doesn't smell rancid after ~6 days (and it's almost gone). The no-melt cake went in beside about a tablespoon of the melted cake on the other feeder, but the thrasher and the bluebird are going for the melted remnants. Those will be gone soon, and I'll see how the no-melt cake does.

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of no-melt suet cake. They must not sell them up here. Sounds like they're intended for use in your hot weather, though, and so would be safe.

I do love the different kinds of birds suet attracts, though. Birds you never see at a seed feeder.