Are bird baths a good idea

Why not get a new project underway with a bird bath that compliments your yard as an ornament, but remains in place to attract all types of birds.

Bird baths are a good idea because it must be used once in a while by struggling birds, that in itself is why bird baths exist. Rare as it is to attract birds to use a bird bath, the challenge is the most exciting prospect. In time you can use rocks or pebbles in the water, plant flowers or use a water feature.

What can be bad about a specifically designed water bowl designed to by setup in your yard, to provide birds a continuous supply of water, to preen their feathers or hydrate.

Bird baths can only be a good idea because there's times of the year where water becomes more scarce. It can be in summer in drought or in winter where pockets of water or lakes can ice over.

Birds then use a bird bath to hydrate or preen their feathers, and will continue to until their once reliable water sources in the wild become accessible again.

Bird baths are not a bad idea at all, with more benefits that outweigh the few negatives.

Birds will likely come to a bird bath that is near to where they use bird feeders in your yard, with an abundance of color and noise making up the shortfall.

Brighten up an otherwise bland backyard landscape with a bird bath filling the empty space - then surround this bird bath in flowers to attract birds to it.

When a bird bath is not being used for the soul purpose of hydrating or preening birds, prioritize it being a garden ornaments, providing you continue to replenish the water and clean it safely like a real bird bath for hygiene reasons.

Bird baths better than good idea

Do something that would benefit not only you, but your backyard visitors all year round, with a fun yet often challenging project in the yard.

Challenging at it is to get wild birds to use an actual bird bath, but its can really be exciting when the fruits of your labor pays off.

Bird baths are a good idea because bird baths are guaranteed to offer a source of water to preening or hydrating birds. I would then say its better than a good idea, as you'll sure to benefit birds that frequent your yard once in a while.

On your part its a nice, harmless little project to take under your wings, with the chance of the bird bath being used without delay when attracting birds to use it - or indeed it can be fun to find ways to get birds to use a bird bath.

Where you place the bird bath will matter of course, then you can proceed to build out the bird bath via stones, plants or new locations to entice them to use it. Of course, a made in stone bird bath would help to create a more natural enviroment to birds.

And that is not forgetting to setup what would be a wonderful solar fountain water feature sat in the water.

Bird baths can only really be used in conjunction with a group of bird feeders currently in use, as it would be made harder for birds to only arrive in a yard to use the bird bath.

Benefit struggling birds

Of course while a new bird bath setup in your yard is going to see some challenges to get birds to use it, it will be fun at the same time - providing you remain focused on the seriousness of the bird bath.

Birds who frequent our yards can for the most part get through the hot summer or cold winter months with an abundance of water resources, to continue to hydrate daily or prune their feathers.

Time to time these once reliable streams, puddles or water sources in the wild can dry up in a long spell of drought - or indeed remain frozen over in sub-zero conditions.

Here is where its a good idea to have a bird bath set up in your yard throughout the year.

Bird baths benefit struggling birds who more importantly, can't hydrate; whilst the need to preen their feathers can be vital.

Birds will appreciate a bird bath kept replenished daily with fresh water, thus will use it once in a while, or in big numbers from time to time.

Craftsmanship compliments yard

Hard as it is to attract birds to a bird bath, even with it set up near bird feeders, there are other ways to use a bird bath, when it not used as often as you think.

Buy a beautifully crafted stone or metal bird bath that would substitute as a garden ornament when not in use very often - while continuing to fill it up with water for when birds finally arrive to use it.

Bird baths can really compliment the yard with its unique design with color theme, thus its important to take that into consideration when thinking about using a bird bath.

Bird baths remain a great idea to offer a source of water that remains clean and fresh with your daily intervention, but for the rest of the time you can simply enjoy it.

Adding rocks or stones to line the base of the bird bath can benefit birds, but this can also enhance the appearance of the bird bath, while complimenting the yard.

As its going to be a garden ornament for the most part, make sure it plays it part by being the centerpiece of the yard - with an active solar powered fountain.

Now flowers can be planted

To go down the route of prioritizing your rarely used bird bath as a garden ornament, it would be beneficial to your yard to make it more permanent.

Why not make the bird bath as the centerpiece on the lawn or patio then, while planting flowers around it on the base to liven up what would be a dull landscape beneath it.

What this can do is attract passing birds that soar past in the sky with a series of colorful plants surrounding the bird bath - and if its plants that birds eat off the better - but bright color's can draw the eye.

When birds come down to investigate, then hopefully this would lead more birds to use the bird bath, while they are there.

Second of all, bird bath location must be near vegetation as birds like the cover, and as bird baths tend to be setup in the open, you can bring the coverage to the bird bath in flowers surrounding the base.

Its optional but a really fun prospect, if you thought it was going to be a good idea at first but may become too much hassle... don't despair as all these ideas can be left for another time.

To summarize up

What can only be a better than a good idea, bird baths are going to be a lot of fun to place in your yard, because the wild life that comes to it can be quite an amazing sight.

Bird baths for many people rarely get used, but when they do it can be very rewarding.

And if its made hard for you, then that isn't a bad thing, just more of a challenge. Challenge being of course is attracting a wide range of bird species to use your bird bath setup.

Don't worry it won't be your particular bird bath style if birds are a no show, providing it remains replenished with fresh water, its kept clean and is always accessible.

Its just that our common backyard birds reserve most of their energy foraging for food in the day, and if water remains accessible in the wild, then they will hydrate or preen their feathers without you realizing it.

With that in mind you will need to continue to offer access to a range of bird feeders, set up close to the bird bath.

Birds can struggle from time to time when their water dries up in summer or ices over in wintertime, thus your bird bath will remain the only available water source - if you continue to fill it up, or break the ice for birds to use daily.

As birds won't use your bird bath as often as you may think, prioritize it as a garden ornament to compliment your yard first, while being a bird bath second.

In time you can add a solar powered fountain to it, add rocks and, or pebbles to decorate the water bowl, which will benefit birds that do use it in due course.

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