What’s Up? – Feeding in the Rain…

The past week has been a wet one! It has rained copiously for long periods of time, with few breaks in between only to get a drop in temperature until the next one.

I felt sorry for the poor birds that were most likely hungry and had little chance to eat any seeds… the heavy rain washed the seeds away from the feeders. I went looking for a better way to feed them and found a circular shaped suet, mixed with a variety of seeds. The rain can’t dissolve the suet since is based in animal fat. I tried It and gave good results! The suet mix is more expensive than buying seeds that I currently use for my birds, but I’ll use it only for heavy rain days.

I was happy to see many N. Cardinals and a group of A. Goldfinches and other avian friends very excited for their meals.

Photo Gallery

14 thoughts on “What’s Up? – Feeding in the Rain…”

silviadeangelis40d on November 19, 2018 at 7:47 am said:

Immagini davvero speciali di piccole creature che respirano la vita!
Un saluto,silvia

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- H.J. for avian101 on November 19, 2018 at 6:43 pm said:
  
  Respirano e ci deliziano immensibilmente. Grazie mille Silvia! 🙂
  
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bayphotosbydonna on November 19, 2018 at 8:01 am said:

Yay sunshine again! The birds look excited for your buffet! 🙂

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- H.J. for avian101 on November 19, 2018 at 6:46 pm said:
  
  Thank you my friend! 🙂
  
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shoreacres on November 19, 2018 at 9:16 am said:

That suet ring’s a good idea. It occurs to me that it might work in my situation, too — where I’m trying to discourage pigeons and encourage songbirds. I can’t imagine pigeons could work over a suet ring, although they certainly would try!

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- H.J. for avian101 on November 19, 2018 at 6:49 pm said:
  
  Most definitely will work, the doves tried and couldn’t manage it. You can get the suet rings at Walmart. 🙂
  
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Indira on November 19, 2018 at 10:10 am said:

Beautiful gallery!

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- H.J. for avian101 on November 19, 2018 at 6:55 pm said:
  
  Thank you Indira! 🙂
  
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KDKH on November 19, 2018 at 11:05 am said:

Good plan! Rain is inevitable, after all, and our feathered friends are still hungry!

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- H.J. for avian101 on November 19, 2018 at 6:59 pm said:
  
  That’s why I have to think of better ways to feed those feathered friends. Thanks K. 🙂
  
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tootlepedal on November 19, 2018 at 6:42 pm said:

You are very thoughtful.

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- H.J. for avian101 on November 19, 2018 at 7:19 pm said:
  
  Thanks Tom! 🙂
  
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tanjabrittonwriter on November 20, 2018 at 11:09 pm said:

I always feel bad for our birds when it rains, H.J. Some of our feeders actually have a little roof, a dome-shaped plastic cover made of clear plastic, and I always have to smile when the finches and sparrows gather underneath it. You might be able to find something similar in a birding supply shop.

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- H.J. for avian101 on November 21, 2018 at 4:02 pm said:
  
  Using open feeders serves two purposes: 1-They eat their meals. 2- I shoot pictures. Preferable if they pose in natural settings, therefore the photos I display on my blog. Thank you for sharing Tanja. 🙂
  
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