Running Water
Today in my reading about Backyard Birds, I learned that many birds prefer running water to still water. They like an arrangement with a recirculating pump to keep the water moving. One woman reported that she had two really nice birdbaths in her yard and the birds preferred to go to her neighbor's dripping faucet to get their drink.
If you have birds coming to your feeders you can arrange drinking water for them by taking an old bucket, putting a little hole in the bottom of it and hanging it near the feeders. Fill it with water a couple of times a day and the birds will like to get their water from the drips. I'm thinking that over, but doubt that I'll do it. So far, the bird bath is working out pretty well. I like the idea of a recirculating pump, though.
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