It's For the Birds! Feeding Birds in the Winter.

During the cold winter months it's a win-win situation to help the birds out by providing a high energy food source while reaping the joy of watching them. This can be done by creating a Suet Feeder. You can buy suet at the meat department of your grocer or get it commercially in the form of a suet cake. Then hang it in a metal or mesh container from a tree or another feeder.

This will attract several species of woodpeckers, black-capped chickadee, Carolina chickadee, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, red-breasted nuthatch, starling and mockingbirds.