I know this has been discussed before, but the claim that one should not
put peanut butter out for birds in the winter because it "will cause
their beaks to get stuck shut" has appeared in Martha Stewart Living
magazine this month. I think it's the December edition which explains
how to make suet cakes to feed birds in winter.

I seem to recall that this claim is an urban legend and is not in fact
true. Can anyone support or refute this?

Tom Benedict
tbenz at halcyon.com