Cedar Suet Plug Log Feeder

Woodpeckers are now hanging off tiny plastic finch feeders to try and get seed since I replaced my suet cage with this thing, red bellies won’t touch it. A downy pecked at it once but you know who it’s most popular with? Annoying starlings and their even more annoying children. I bought this due to seeing a review stating it was difficult for starlings and they gave up. Well, this is so far from the truth. They stand on top and will clean out the top holes, fly onto it and yes...they can grip on, or scream and flap for hours as they fly up and grab some suet out of the holes and take it to the ground to feed their 4 screeching fledglings. This is by far the feeder that has caused me the most aggravation from these birds so it went in the trash. If you have starlings don’t make the same mistake I did and waste money on this, just keep with the $2 suet cage if you choose to do so.

M<y opinion of this product does not really matter!. I currently three of these hanging from the trees in the back yard - one with creamy peanut butter, one with chunky peanut butter and one with woodpecker suet. Most of the time when I look out on the yard all three are covered with woodpeckers and their related relatives (nuthatches, juncos, chickadees), Depending on the weather and if there is a lot of snow on the ground, am filling all three of the feeders on a daily basis. So, I guess if the usage by the birds counts, this feeder is a great success.

The log is very smooth, the birds can still grab on, but the design allows water to run right into the suet. I found that this created a mildew and mold problem. I have removed it until spring because I live in the Pacific Northwest and we'll have rain until May!

Obviously this isn't squirrel-proof. If you can hang it 18" from something they can brace on, they'll just climb or jump down the hanger. I don't mind this too much, because the Pileated Woodpeckers love this feeder and drive the squirrels off, and the squirrel faces aren't quite pointy enough to get the suet in the back of the holes. I was particularly delighted that a woodpecker parent used it to get food for its fledgling, and the next day the fledgling was eating directly from it.The downies, hairies, and red-bellies love it too, but also can't reach all the suet in the back of the holes.You don't need to buy expensive "log jam" suet - either make your own or break up a normal suet cake and mush it into the holes.(Update: It lasted 3 months before the raccoons just took it. I'm getting another one and figuring out how to secure it against them.)

The downey, hairy and red bellied woodpeckers and nuthatches, Carolina wrens and gold finches love it...now if I could just keep the starlings away. I have to fill the holes with suet plugs every couple of days, because this is such a popular feeder. I also ordered the smaller log with only three holes on one side, so more birds could feed at once.

I have a lot of wild birds including 2 different kinds of woodpeckers. But they are not the only birds who like this. Ive seen nuthatches, chickadees, titmouse, juncos, wrens and even cardinals eating from it. Now the cardinals have a hard time but they love what I put in it so much they will dive bomb and hover and there is one cardinal who is in fact able to hold itself on there for a min or so to eat. THis is with 2 other normal birdfeeders and loose seed on the ground and a platform feeder.

My husband built a bird feeder that stands right outside the living room window. I had been enjoying bluejays, chickadees and nuthatches for a couple of months when I saw this lovely bird with dramatic black and white markings. Didn't recognize my new friend at first and then I saw her pecking away at the feeder.I could have probably asked my husband to drill holes in a log and make one, but for the price - it wasn't worth troubling him. After hanging it under the bird feeder my little friend, her boyfriend, and probably a few of their neighbors come frequently from the woods and devour the plugs.

Peckers love this! Instead of buying plugs, I cut up suet squares and it works great.

When I got my Suet Log holder the price on it was $29.99 but I paid 79.99 Very disappointed in the price difference between the US and Canada.That being said it works well for both my small Downy and my larger Red Bellied woodpecker