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[Charles Paradise <machelp@attglobal.net>]

Just now I saw a chickadee in the Northern Spy apple tree.  I don't know if 
chickadees are insect-eating birds, but what means are available to attract 
insect-eating birds into a tree?

Such as:
1] Suet?  If so, how prevent squirrels from accessing suet?  Is a simple suet 
cage enough?
2] Growing intentionally some insects that would release from the apple tree 
to provide an attaction for insect-eating birds to visit the tree?

Charlie Paradise, Massachusetts