Cole's Suet Kibbles, a bird food new to us, has proved to be very popular at our feeders. It's a good substitute for the insects that birds are having trouble finding in this hot, dry weather. The ...

Woodpeckers, chickadees, titmice and nuthatches are common birds that eat insects and are strongly attracted to beef kidney suet as a substitute. This fat is white, and being firm, making it is easy ...

Winter is a busy time at bird feeders—here’s what ornithologists recommend to attract the widest variety of birds.

Summer marches on, with fledglings showing up at feeders searching for high fat foods to bulk up for the approaching winter or to migrate south. Suet is a high-energy, pure-fat substance that birds ...

One ounce of chocolate fudge contains about 120 calories. One ounce of beef suet has 280 calories. If you're a bird, fudge definitely is for dessert. Suet, the main-course item, is a hard fat that ...

We spent quite a bit of time this fall discussing the action that San Antonio gardeners could expect in their landscape if they went ahead and launched a bird feeding program. There are always lots of ...

Last week, I reviewed the different seeds to consider when feeding wild birds. Suet is another important food to offer, especially as the nights get colder. Here I will review, again, the basics of ...