Before all the beef was shipped dressed to many stores, you could ask a butcher to save you some suet. i used to hang it around my main feeder in a near by tree. I also used to ground feed some birds like doves and quail. I didn't have a high tech camera, but did get one good picture of an oriole at the hummer feeder. the hummers would almost get in your hand while you filled the feeders, and they were always looking in the window when the feeders were nearing empty. the grackles are a pest in the spring, but a oaf or two of old bread will keep them away from the feeders. You can go to Lowes and get bags of dried meal worms, you can almost see the robins waiting for you. Also got a bird bath, that I try to keep open and filled in the winter. prettiest bird were the gross beaks, had 3 variities during the summer.