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From: clg@milo.cray.com (Coni Gehler)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Suet
Summary: hang suet cakes loose from a tree
Message-ID: <8808@milo.cray.com>
Date: 24 Aug 88 20:42:03 GMT
References: <2426@mhuxt.UUCP> <57700001@hcx1>
Organization: Cray Research, Inc., Mendota Heights, MN
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In article <57700001@hcx1>, ldh@hcx1.SSD.HARRIS.COM writes:
> 
> >I would like some information on suet feeders.  I put a feeder
> >out last winter with a store bought suet cake in it and didn't
> >get one taker -- I changed the cake just incase the first one was

We also buy suet cakes in a store.  The ones we buy come with a stainless
steel ring sticking out of the top, and little perches to insert around the
bottom.  We use ordinary (but strong) string and hang the suet cake loose
from a tree branch, approx 6 feet from the ground.  The birds go crazy for
it!!  Most don't even use the little perches inserted in the suet cake--the
either hang on the side or sit on the top of the suet cake.  It goes quickly!

Good luck!

Coni