I always thought suet was a winter-only thing until this morning
For years, I only put my suet cakes out from November to March, thinking birds wouldn't want that heavy food in warm weather. This spring, I saw a downy woodpecker really struggling to find food in my oak tree, so I put a plain suet block back up as a test. Within 20 minutes, that woodpecker was back with two chickadees, and they've been working on it all week. I guess some birds need that fat and protein year-round, especially when they're feeding babies. Has anyone else kept suet out through summer and noticed which birds use it most?