The suet feeder was a first. The juncos spent most of the morning hovering around it, as if trying to figure out how to land on it. One of them managed it in the early afternoon. After that, they all tried to get in on the action.
Chickadees and nuthatches simply fly up to the cage, grab the wire and start pecking away. I've never given much thought to the process of landing, bracing, and pulling off chunks of suet. It was clear that the juncos were newbies at this. Some tried to hover without landing, then had trouble pulling off any suet. Some managed to hook a foot or two on the wire but had to spread their tail out wide to brace themselves and still fluttered their wings to keep stable all for one single bite before flitting away. It was exhausting watching all the effort