Unlike most other suet feeders, when the suet compartment metal plate is in place, the Suet Palace keeps squirrels, pesky Starlings and Grackles from eating the suet. When this feeder is hung high from the ground, Grackles and Starlings do not often feed at this style of feeder so you can take the plate out. Now, large Woodpeckers like Flickers, Sapsuckers, Red Headed, Red Bellied, and even Pileated Woodpeckers can hang from the bottom and feed. Holes on the sides are 1.5 inches X 1.5 inches and the bottom is .5 inches X .5 inches.
Product Features
- Songbird Essentials Squirrel Proof Suet Palace Wild Bird Feeder is designed to protect suet from squirrels and other pests like starlings and grackles.
- Included metal plate makes it possible to feed different types of birds – leave it in to feed relatively small birds like chickadees, or remove it so that larger birds like woodpeckers and jays can feed
- Measures 11″ L x 9 ½” W x 6″ D
Works, …But Cheaper Alternative Available… I have owned this very same cage style suet feeder for a couple of years now. I decided to spring for it after an entire winter of frustration trying to keep squirrels from devouring all my suet before any birds had a chance at it. It was especially bad for me since I primarily use suet dough, a better alternative in my opinion that is a magnet to birds and squirrels alike. No amount of mounting the suet cage on strings, metal poles or anything else kept the pesky varmints at bay. There is…
If you have a starling problem keep reading….day one review Okay, this is an ongoing heartache for months. Its not an issue about cost of food. I would not mind spending any amount of money to feed all the neighborhood critters…we have squirrel stations, its been an open door yard. Well that had to end when the STARLINGS arrived. Not only do they mob the yard…hog all the food, denying the little birds the food they need to live through the cold nights…ambush and viciously attack native birds…but I’ve actually seen them group-attack and drive…
No squirrel access and much reduced grackle and starling gluttony. Grackles and starlings are able to fly up and peck at the bottom, but with much reduced success. Catbirds have much better luck, flying up more fluidly and grabbing a mouthful. I don’t mind the catbirds. The grackles and starlings and squirrels were hogging all the suet and that has stopped.The higher you hang it, the harder it is for the big, greedy birds to get suet.Chickadees, titmice, wrens and, of course, woodpeckers have no problem getting their share.