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Bark Butter Attracts More Birds

Bark Butter attracts more species of birds than any other bird food – 162 different species, so far! It's a great super-food that will attract migrating birds that may not stop by your feeding station for seeds or other bird foods. This unique super-suet mix is only available from Wild Birds Unlimited, and it comes in 3 forms: As small circular pellets called Bark Butter Bits, that can be offered in a platform feeder, tube feeder, or hopper feeder. There are also new No-Melt Bark Butter Bricks that fit into suet cake feeders, and the original product is a spreadable "butter" that can be smeared on tree bark or offered in a Bark Butter Feeder.

By using the "Hot Pepper" Bark Butter products you can deter squirrels and other small mammals from competing for Bark Butter, but there seems to be no end to the variety of birds that feed on Hot Pepper Bark Butter. See how many different species will visit your Bark Butter offerings – watch for warblers, wrens, thrushes, cardinals, grosbeaks, woodpeckers, chickadees, nuthatches, creepers, robins, catbirds, mockingbirds, towhees, native sparrows, juncos, and more. Bark Butter products are only available at Wild Birds Unlimited stores and via their online sales, and you can get more information about Bark Butter at Bark Butter