Place the lard in a microwave safe bowl.
Bird seed cakes for winter.
1 spray silicon mold with cooking spray.
Birds especially benefit from birdseed cakes during the winter months when food sources are more limited.
The spruce jo zixuan zhou suet is a great food to offer birds in the fall and winter when they need more calories to maintain their body heat and energy levels.
In a large bowl combine the birdseed mix the sunflower seeds the raisins and the cornmeal and or flour.
Nyjer sometimes spelled nyger or niger or thistle seed is a favorite food of winter finches such as pine siskins and common redpolls this is another oily seed that offers a lot of calories helping birds store the fat they need to keep warm through the season.
1 while there are many commercial suet blocks cakes and plugs available making your own suet bird food is easy and affordable.
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Making your own birdseed cakes is a cinch and can be done in your own kitchen with some simple ingredients and tools.
Whisk in corn syrup and mix well.
You can use almost any seed or grain mixed with beef fat lard or natural peanut butter.
Particularly in winter suet is a valuable bird food.
Suet is essentially a solidified mix of fats which birds eat to stay warm.
You can even customize the mixture to attract specific species of birds.
Pour gelatin mixture into a large bowl.
A basic suet combines equal parts of beef fat and assorted birdseed.