Once the weather turns cold, it’s time to put out suet for your backyard birds. Suet is a great food for the winter months as it is a high energy food that is very valuable when temperatures drop.

“Hummingbirds and other nectar eaters do not need red dye added to the nectar you make for them,” Parkins says. “That sugar-water recipe is four parts water to one part white granulated sugar. Do not ...