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A blue tit feeding on a suet cake A ring-shaped suet cake being formed in a mold, by adding melted fat to a mix of seeds. Suet cakes or fat balls are nutritional supplements for wild birds used in bird feeders. [1] They commonly consist of sunflower seeds and wheat or oat flakes mixed with suet, pork fat, or coconut oil.
Calf suet. Suet is the raw, hard fat of beef, lamb or mutton found around the loins and kidneys. Suet has a melting point of between 45 and 50 °C (113 and 122 °F) and congelation between 37 and 40 °C (99 and 104 °F). Its high smoke point makes it ideal for deep frying and pastry production. Tallow after rendering
The lilacine amazon is a small parrot, approximately 34 cm long when mature, with primarily green plumage. Like the red-lored amazon, it has red lores and yellow cheeks; its distinguishing features include a fully black beak, and lilac-tipped feathers on its crown. [41] [42] Western Ecuador to extreme south-western Colombia. [42] Diademed amazon
Atora is a popular British brand offering pre-shredded suet (the hard fat around the kidneys). As suet most commonly needs to be shredded in its typical uses in British cuisine (e.g. in pie crusts, steamed puddings, and dumplings), Atora can be seen as a labour-saving convenience item. Atora only uses suet from cattle and sheep.
Escaped birds of certain species, e.g. ruddy shelduck, can cause confusion amongst birdwatchers as they occasionally occur in Britain as wild birds. The following species have established colonies in the UK at some point in time. They may have since died out, or new colonies established elsewhere.
Dirty Jobs is a program on the Discovery Channel, produced by Pilgrim Films & Television, in which host Mike Rowe is shown performing difficult, strange, disgusting, or messy occupational duties alongside the typical employees. The show premiered with three pilot episodes in November 2003. It returned as a series on July 26, 2005, and ended on September 12, 2012, with a total of 169 episodes ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in England.The avifauna of England include a total of 625 species, of which 14 have been introduced by humans.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of British Ornithologists' Union (BOU).
A generally recognized disadvantage of the yellow-headed amazon and its close relatives (such as the yellow-naped amazon) is hormonal aggressiveness, most notable among males in the breeding season. It is a member of the "Hot Three" (referring to the male bird's "hot" temper), along with the yellow-naped and blue-fronted.