There are several reasons why we would want to do this. If you don't
already have Downy Woodpeckers in your yard, suet is their favorite food and
will help attract them into the yard.
If you do have Downy woodpeckers using your feeder, but are having
trouble getting them to take seed out of your hand, using a suet cake
(which is their favorite food), is by far the easiest way to
condition a Downy Woodpecker to hand-feed.
And the major reason why I like to use a suet cake is because
the birds
will be in your hand a lot longer when feeding from a suet cake.
For example, if you are feeding with nuts and sunflower seeds, the
birds will usually hop into your hand, grab a seed or nut and fly away
fairly quickly. But, if you are using a piece of suet to hand-feed, the
birds will stay in your hand a lot longer as they eat the suet and peck away at the seed or
nuts embedded in the suet. I regularly have Downy Woodpeckers feeding from
my hand for as long as two or three minutes before leaving.
So to demonstrate this technique, I will be using Downy
Woodpeckers, but other easy to hand-feed birds such as Tufted Titmice, Red-breasted Nuthatches, White-breasted Nuthatches and
Chickadees will also feed on suet.
But, when Spring arrives and natural food sources become more
plentiful, these other easy to hand-feed birds will be visiting your feeder
less and less frequently. You won't have many opportunities to hand-feed
them again until the next fall, when natural food sources once again become
scarce and the birds return to your feeder.
On the other hand, because Downy Woodpeckers seem to love suet above
anything else, they will tend to stay close to your feeder all year long.
You will be able to feed them right through the nice days of Summer when
other birds won't be using your feeder nearly as much.
For the Downy Woodpeckers that use my feeder, the only exception has
been for a period of about a month during the nesting season. During this
period (usually around the month of May in my area), you might only see a
Woodpecker
at the feeder once or twice during the day.
But, they more than make up for their absence when they bring their
young back to the feeder with them. This usually happens in my area about the
first part of June. Then, I will have 4 or 5 Downy woodpeckers to hand-feed!
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What a thrill you will have when you have 2 or 3 Downy Woodpeckers
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In this video you will learn :
Because Downy Woodpeckers are a common feeder bird, are constantly
available to hand-feed and because they love suet and thus will be in your
hand a long time.......for all these reasons, Downy Woodpeckers have become
one of my favorite birds to hand-feed.
By the time you have put this tape to use and have enjoyed the results
that this tape will make possible.....they will probably become one of your
favorite birds to hand-feed also.
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