Birdfeeders

Birds get a lot of water that they need from their food supply, but they love to visit friendly bird baths. If you live in an arid region such as mountains or deserts, bird baths will be especially popular for drinking and bathing. However, in other areas, birds will also be drawn to a source of open shallow water. Especially during the hot summer months, a clean bird bath will be very busy indeed not only for drinking, but also for splashing around to cool off. During the hottest part of the summer, we must fill our bird baths at least every day, sometimes even more often. It is worth it however, just to watch the finches, orioles, jays, etc. enjoying a good bath. We even have an acorn woodpecker splash around very regularly. When chosing bird baths, consider the birds safety. Keep the bird bath up off the ground either on a pedestal or attached to a railing to keep it out of reach of cats and this also makes it much easier to clean. We keep a wire brush nearby to give our bird baths a quick cleaning before each refilling.