Bird baths.

[Chris King <>]

Does anyone have experience with using clear plastic take away containers for bird baths? I put some around a light rail station near me where there's Superb fairy-wrens surviving in spite of recent high rise developments on their former habitat. I put stones in each for them to perch on but it was a bit tricky to get something out of the range of dogs. Not sure if they will like the clear plastic.

Chris

On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 at 18:28, Anthea Fleming <> wrote:

We have a  number of well-used bird-baths, mostly terra cotta.  Each has a couple of smallish rough rocks, or a stick, to make sure birds and other fauna can climb out.  Occasionally other people re-fill the baths and take out the 'untidy' rocks or stick, so they have to be replaced.  Presence of nearby vegetation is very important, so birds can check surroundings before diving in.

Anthea Fleming

On 4/01/2020 3:57 pm, Martin Butterfield wrote:

We had a red ceramic one and it was very popular.  I'd suggest new is the problem.

Martin Butterfield

http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/

On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 at 15:55, <> wrote:

A friend was persuaded by his wife to replace their old concrete bird bath so he went to Bunnings and bought
a red ceramic one but the birds won't go anywhere near it.
Would it be the colour, that it is ceramic (slippery) or just that it is new?
David Robertson
Adelaide


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