I was cruising the aisles at TSC and couldn’t find the seed and fruit cakes that fit my suet feeder. They had huge ones, but nothing to hold them. They also had “stackers”, which are seed cakes with a hole in the middle, like a donut. They did have the holder for these, and it was inexpensive, so that is what went into my cart.

I put out all this birdy goodness then realized it was going to rain soon. To protect my investment from washing away without going through an animal’s gullet, I fashioned a rain cover from a disposable pie tin lid with a hold cut in the middle, because that is what I had on hand.

I have to make a confession. The food out there “for the birds” is really for my squirrels. The birds are an interesting side effect, but I really like to watch the squirrels. The cute little land otters that they are. The squirrels and the birds agree though that the suet cakes aren’t worth their time or effort. Maybe suet is favored more with northern critters.