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Suet Recipes For Backyard Birds
Now is the time to start adding suet to your bird feeding ritual. Insect feeders will flock around to gobble down this tasty treat that is high in protein and fat. Don't distress about chubby birds. Birds have high metabolic rates and burn their fat reserves quickly. Your feathered friends will be grateful that you've added suet to their menu during the cold winter months when insects are scarce.
Suet Recipes For Who?
So who might show up at the suet feeder? Bluebirds, Juncos, Blue Jays, Carolina Wrens, Nuthatches, and Woodpeckers are a few of the birds that may grace you with their presence.
Bird Suet Recipe
- 2 cups melted lard
- 2 cups chunky peanut butter
- 4 cups "quick" oats
- 4 cups yellow cornmeal
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
Directions:
On a low setting melt lard and peanut butter together. Take off heat, and add remaining ingredients one at a time. Mix well. Spread mixture onto a cookie sheet, and allow to cool in the refrigerator until the suet becomes hard enough to cut into pieces. Store extras in the freezer.
Additional 
fun ingredients you might add to suet recipes:
chopped nuts (non-salted)
chopped dry fruit
Please share your suet recipes, feeder photos and tips on suet. Edit this wiki to include your additions.
Your Bird Suet Recipes
1 small jar chunky peanut butter
1 cup bread crumbs
1/3 cup white cornmeal
1/2 cup chopped raisins
1/2 cup chopped prunes
Peanut oil (a few drops to a few tablespoons)
Put on a pair of thin rubber gloves and mix all ingredients together.
Add peanut oil as necessary for consistency. I make mine into patties and put them in the suet feeders. I also have a board that I will stick some on. Not only do the birds and squirrels enjoy it but my oldest son told me it made the best peanut butter sandwich he had ever had.
Every winter I make suet for my birds by mixing crunchy peanut butter, oatmeal, raisins and other dried fruits I may have on hand, and whatever crushed nuts I have.
My husband cuts a pine branch that is at least 4 in. in diameter, about 15 in. long, drills 1 1/4 in. holes in it in staggered positions around the branch. He then screws a big hook into the top for hanging. The birds cling to the bark to feed. It keeps up busy keeping them filled.
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