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Create a Bird Bath from Any Pot or Container
Food, Water, Shelter
These are the basics of any bird-friendly habitat. It needn’t be anything fancy either.
•Food may be provided by native plants and trees that bear fruit and berries as well as bird feeders.
•Shelter is much more than bird houses too. Mature trees, brush and thickets provide shelter for many wild birds, even dead trees will provide nest sites for woodpeckers and other cavity dwelling birds.
•Water is a major factor in providing wildlife-friendly habitat. A fresh water source will attract more birds than bird houses or bird feeders alone. Water is critical for birds’ bathing and preening to keep feathers clean.
A fancy bird bath is not necessary, as a stream or creek can provide this valuable resource. Bird Baths that are hanging are always nice in the yard, but you can create a simple bath from any pot or container on hand. The BirdBath Raft allows you to use any depth of water, while keeping a safe and functional bird bath. Attract more birds with a fresh water source!
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Bird Baths Simply Do Attract More Birds
Sure, bird feeders attract wild birds, as do birdhouses. But unless you’ve added a fresh water source like a bird bath to your little habitat…you don’t know what you’re missing!Fresh water attracts more song birds, as some may not ever frequent a feeder. Add a bath accessory to create moving water, like a dripper or water wiggler, and you’ve just created an absolute bird magnet!
Bird Baths are available in every possible shape, size, and color imaginable. The fiberglass or resin models, resist molding and scale build-up unlike their concrete cousins. The light-weight factor makes them a breeze to clean as well. Many of these bird baths come with hollow pedestals to allow for filling with rocks or sand. This helps to stabilize the bath, and make it more sturdy.
Fresh water in freezing winter months is critical to wild birds. They do not eat snow, and require fresh water for preening feathers. Dirty feathers just don’t fly right!
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Bird Accessories Will Attract More Feathered Friends
Use bird accessories to successfully attract more feathered friends to your yard!
There are many ways to attract your favorite songbirds other than typical birdhouses or bird feeders. These are great ways to provide food and shelter, but there’s much more you can easily do to create “bird-friendly” habitat.
Adding a fresh water source to your yard is very beneficial, if you can create a moving water source…even better! Moving water is like a visual magnet to wild birds. Using a birdbath mister or dripper will absolutely attract more species to your yard.
Another great item, is nesting material, as it’s used by both cavity dwelling birds and birds who don’t use birdhouses. You can even make your own nesting material by using items from around the house, such us dryer lint, cotton yarns and strings, pet hair, and moss. Simply collect these items and place in a mesh produce bag like the kind from the grocery store. The one shown above hangs in our yard, and contains horse tail hair, The birds have really gone to town on it!
Bird accessories need not be expensive to have an impact in your yard. Drippers can be made by using milk jugs with tiny pin holes, hung up above your bird bath. See what’s out there and modify it for a home-made version, you’ll be seeing more feathered friends in your new found habitat!
Birding Tips, Information & News
Sure, bird feeders attract wild birds, as do birdhouses. But unless you’ve added a fresh water source like a bird bath to your little habitat…you don’t know what you’re missing!
