Do you have a water feature available for your birds ?

I had a kids baby pool with the sides cut don,
and they loved it.

I found this today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vsXFH0YbZE

currently I have one of these in the back deck bird bath
https://www.harborfreight.com/...t?q=solar+water+pump

its lasted me 2 1/2 years so far

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hboglslyNEM

 
AZ birds don't need waterers, like any other AZ wildlife, they have adapted and find it somehow, somewhere. We have an abundance of birds here, from the prolific cactus wrens, to Flickers, to Turkey Vultures, to Harris and Redtail hawks, GHO's, to the Say's Phoebe (a prolific and acrobatic bugcatcher), plus the run of the mill sparrows and wrens. And also hummers.
 

they may not need them ,
but they sure love having them around.

My bird baths in central phoenix and Mesa brought in a dozen kind of birds on a regular basis.

I sure miss Harris hawks. IMO, there's not a more handsome raptor in this country.

Not in AZ but SW Utah, we do have a water feature. We have all kinds of birds from Finches to Turkeys frequenting our little pond.

I heard the Finches need water and their use of the feature bears that out. Roadrunners can be seen by the pond, too, hunting the little frogs!

For the past 16 years the only "water feature" our hummingbirds care about contains 1 part sugar to 3 parts water. Some days it looks like a miniature Battle of Britain outside the kitchen window!

I found the road runners to be delightful to watch ,
then one day I saw one attack a snake,
his ferocity was a little off putting, he was on that snake just stabbing and flailing, shaking and tearing.

I'd hate to see one eating while he was pissed off

...this one was not pissed off...yet.
Lizard; well he'd had better days.

No water for West Nile carrying mosquitoes.

quote:

Originally posted by bendable:
I found the road runners to be delightful to watch ,
then one day I saw one attack a snake,
his ferocity was a little off putting, he was on that snake just stabbing and flailing, shaking and tearing.

Kind of like a Cuisinart?
 

quote:

Originally posted by henryaz:

quote:

Originally posted by bendable:
I found the road runners to be delightful to watch ,
then one day I saw one attack a snake,
his ferocity was a little off putting, he was on that snake just stabbing and flailing, shaking and tearing.

Kind of like a Cuisinart?
 

if cuisinart had a hammer drill attachment

$69 game camera pix from 5/7 and today (5/9):

9:50 am 5/7 (“Big Red”)

6:50am 5/7


(changed camera height and moved to other side of feeder)
5:49am 5/9 (night vision mode)

6:11am 5/9

6:51am 5/9

7:35am 5/9

8:20am 5/9


These are less than 10% of the images that were taken on these 2 days.
The rest are mainly blurs of rear end shots. lol.