What is the best way to attract woodpeckers?
Do not cut down old trees or snags unless they are a danger. Woodpeckers nest in these trees and eat the insects that infest dead trees. Woodpeckers also like suet and nuts. Suet is offered in wire cages that woodpeckers can cling to. Special no-melt suet is available for summer feeding. Nuts are also a favorite of woodpeckers. Peanut splits or Lyric woodpecker mix can be put into peanut feeders that are cylindrical wire mesh tubes that woodpeckers cling to and peck out the nuts. Droll Yankees peanut feeders are especially popular with the woodpeckers and these feeders are sold with lifetime warranties.
