Why Moving Water?
Attract Birds which do not come to feeders: Moving water will attract both birds which come to feeders AND birds which do not come to feeders, so you will have many new birds visiting your yard.
Attract more Birds: You can attract many more birds to your backyard with MOVING water, probably as many as 3 to 4 times as many. Moving water gets the birds’ attention, and in nature, moving water is more natural and healthier than stagnant water.
Enjoy Birds in Action: Bird bathing is a very dynamic activity compared to crunching seed on a feeder. Here is what you can expect to see by offering moving water:
- Hummingbirds love flying through fine mist.
- Small birds including hummingbirds love to “leaf bathe” by rubbing up against foliage wet by a mister. This will often precede a visit to the bird bath or Bird-Creek™.
- Water provides easy viewing of hard to see species, such as tree-top dwelling warblers, tanagers and vireos. No more cricks in the back of your neck looking straight up for that elusive Blackpoll warbler.
- Vireos love to plunge bathe. This is when they fly down into the water surface like a high diver and then quickly fly away, never setting foot on the bottom.
- Bird bathing is a contagious activity. Often one bird will bathe, then two, then four, then eight, etc. This is particularly true for Goldfinches, Cedar Waxwings and Robins.
- Robins are territorial bathers and will often cue up to bathe, with as many as 20 in the cue.
- Water is used by birds to cool off. Sometimes they will sit serenely half immersed in water for ten minutes or more on a hot summer day.
- Bird bathing is an essential part of maintaining healthy plumage, and often after a bath you can observe a bird preening to properly realign all its feathers.
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