Attracting Birds with Bird Baths 

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The Robins and Mourning Doves hang out in the concrete birdbath more than the others.

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Thank you. I have a solar fountain in one of mine too. The bluebirds love the sound of water. I have a GoPro so I only record an hour at a time. I would love to get something that records all the time.

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Yes they are. I was out working in the garden this evening and a Cardinal flew down and started bathing with me working a couple feet away. He was splashing water everywhere and didn't seem to be worried about me.

Today, I priced another bird bath like the one I have and decided I am going to have to go with something cheaper. lol This one belonged to my mother-in-law. She left it here when we bought their old house. I had no idea they were so expensive. They probably weren't when she bought it though.

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If the basin is metal the water will get warmer. Birds prefer cooler water especially in the summer. Being in a shaded area helps so that's good you have that. You may need to place a rock in it to provide a shallow non-slippery perch for smaller birds. A lot of birds won't use a new bath until there is rock or something in it to show them the depth of the water. I have one I did this with and after a month I was able to remove the rock because they realized the water wasn't that deep. It sometimes takes a few weeks for birds to get use to new baths. I hope this helps. Let me know if it does.

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Is it near any trees or bushes? Birds like a place to take cover quickly. I had mine in the front yard and they never used it but when I moved it to the back near all the trees the started using it. It can also take a couple weeks for them to use a new bath. If it is deep adding some rocks can help attract the smaller birds.

@@BobbiJo thanks Bobbi, It’s a new house so there are no trees around. I have it in the backyard in a retaining wall I built. There is a huge privacy fence I had installed too thats 6ft tall. Does adding a bubbler help?

@@BobbiJo the privacy fence is about 15ft away from it so they could land there. I’m going to hang my feeders off that fence too