Sunday Morning Birds: Bluebirds, Bird Pond Water Depth, Summer Warblers + 

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Coffee and brownies for me.

He was just getting started with his bath, too. Poor little guy. I’d complain too! Thanks for watching and have a great week!

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Hello football guy, nice to hear you've found a more serene delight to enjoy! You may have noticed, there's some conflict in the bird world. Although it's nothing like on the football field, it's still interesting to observe. Nobody gets hurt and everybody has a chance to have a nice dip.

That is a neat pair!

The blues were really popping this week. And the synchronized swim team’s hours of rehearsal time are obviously paying off 😄🥇Thanks for watching and have a great day

@@WarblerRidge Yes, so beautiful and lol- lot of rehearsal 🥰 thx so much and you too 🙏🤗💚

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True! Thanks for watching

Thank you! I haven’t tried watching at the slower speed yet. I’ll give that a try tonight!

@@WarblerRidge Enjoy. You also hear their vocals at slower speed. Quite interesting too.

Team Titmouse for the gold! 🥇

@@WarblerRidge Red eyed vireos are the diving competition champs.

@@ThreeRunHomerTrue! 😂

Thank you and thanks for watching 🙂. Adding some moving water to the landscape really is a great way to get a good look at a wide variety of birds.

@@beaka63 Thank you and I hope your project turns out just like you want it to!

I add fresh water every day during the summer and every few days during cooler weather. When I do that, I hose down the pebbles with the garden hose. In addition to doing the water changes, both water features have filtration systems built in. Both are based on what is used for fish ponds. The older bird pond, that’s in the second half of this video is set up like a traditional fish pond, but with no fish. There is an open water reservoir “pond” beyond the shallow bathing area. That’s where the pump is located and it’s in a fish pond filter box. Water gets pumped up to a waterfall filter, which is also designed for fish ponds. So, the water is going through two filters that provide a combination of mechanical and biological filtration. At the newer woodland stream, I’m using biological filtration based on the bog filters used for fish ponds. The pump is buried under a layer of pebbles which provides a substrate for good bacteria and other organisms that naturally clean the water. I think the key to creating something that works is to think of it and design it as a fish pond without fish, rather than a bird bath or fountain.

@@WarblerRidge Impressive. I would love one too.

But we only get one type of hummingbird over here, so that kind of evens things out 😀 I don’t use algae treatment. Algae usually isn’t a problem at my water features. The woodland stream had some this spring but I just blasted it off with the garden hose and added a bunch of fresh water and it went away.

Good question! I had to back back and check my old videos. Last year, the Scarlet Tanagers started to molt in the beginning of August and were pretty much completely yellow by the end of August.

@@WarblerRidgethanks I’m traveling to western NC will be birding there ,was hoping they had not changed the first week of August which is when I’m on NC thanks again .

@@russpettit1697 Hope you see some good birds!