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How to Attract Clingers
Clingers encompass several types of birds including woodpeckers, nuthatches, chickadee, and titmouse. They receive their nickname from their ability to cling, often upside down, from a branch or feeder. The best type of feed for this group of birds is suet, a high protein mix often made of tree nuts, peanuts, insects or rendered fat. Suet is generally only offered to birds in specialty suet feeders. Your feeder should be placed close to a tree trunk, as these types of birds naturally run up and down trunks as they search for insects. If you would like more visibility, you can move the feeder farther out from the tree once the birds have discovered it. An important consideration when offering suet is that it is also very popular with aggressive birds such as starlings and grackles. An easy way to combat these intruders is either have a suet feeder that is only open on the bottom, or have a caged feeder. Clingers will have no problem hanging on upside down, and their long bills allow them to reach caged suet. Also, if you are placing a suet feeder expressly for your backyard woodpeckers, make sure that your suet feeder has a tail prop. It will be much appreciated by your woodpeckers, as they can brace their long tail while they feed.
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