I just made another batch of suet cake, and this time I added some shredded coconut. Within minutes of me putting it out, I had dozens of birds in the yard, and dozens of fights!!!! This stuff must be like crack 
My wrens were openly hostile toward each other and a couple of thrashers came in and ran everyone off. Even the disinterested dove who were all ground feeding yards away got spooked and split.
I will be doing another YT video for this particular recipe. I think coconut will be a regular staple in these suet cakes for now, at least in small amounts.
***As I type this, there are birds chasing each other all around the yard. I don't know what they got into, but its like cats and catnip. They are all going nuts. The only thing that changed in the suet cake this week is the addition of coconut.
In fact, I finish my suet cakes in the freezer overnight, so they set hard. Most of the time the birds don't want anything to do with the frozen cakes when I first put them out. This time however they were on it instantly.
Anyone giving coconut (unsweetened of course) to their backyard birds?
My wrens were openly hostile toward each other and a couple of thrashers came in and ran everyone off. Even the disinterested dove who were all ground feeding yards away got spooked and split.I will be doing another YT video for this particular recipe. I think coconut will be a regular staple in these suet cakes for now, at least in small amounts.
***As I type this, there are birds chasing each other all around the yard. I don't know what they got into, but its like cats and catnip. They are all going nuts. The only thing that changed in the suet cake this week is the addition of coconut.
In fact, I finish my suet cakes in the freezer overnight, so they set hard. Most of the time the birds don't want anything to do with the frozen cakes when I first put them out. This time however they were on it instantly.
Anyone giving coconut (unsweetened of course) to their backyard birds?
