On 5/30/97, Kathy Webber wrote:
The crows and starlings leave my suet alone. Maybe it's because I have it
in a wire cage dangling from a tree branch. Only birds with feet adapted
to clutching on in a precarious position can hold on (chickadees,
nuthatches, and woodpeckers).
------>kathie webber, marysville WA

I also use only upside-down feeders and wire cages for suet, but the
crows get it anyway. They gather in a group under the feeder. One flies
up and knocks a chuck off, which the others then eat. One bird will do
this several time, then another will take it's turn. Also, I have
observed crows stand on the branch a wire cage feeder is attached to,
grab the chain to pull the feeder up to the branch, grasp the cage with
one claw and eat the suet.
I continue to be amazed at the intellegence of these birds!