Suet Consumption Still Low

It looks like the protein needs of our backyard birds are still being well served by insects. Suet consumption remains slow deep into October. BirdCam photography at the "woodpecker-friendly feeder" showed very few visits yesterday, confined to single trips by a Downy Woodpecker, Red Bellied Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, and White Breasted Nuthatch. I am getting a little faster use at a suet basket on the other end of the property based on visual inspection, but even there the current cake has been up for a few weeks. I am expecting all this to change by Thanksgiving: my journal shows a sharp increase in suet use as the weather gets significantly cooler. I am ready for those times! My larder holds over 20 cakes purchased in the late summer. But with four feeders that won't last very long.