A Water Feature For The Birds

Installing a water feature in your garden can be an easy way to attract songbirds and friendly wildlife to your property, creating a haven for the creatures humans have displaced with our continuing urban development. This increasingly popular gardening trend can transform your garden from a deserted spot to a pleasantly populated wildlife destination.

Due to massive landscaping changes and habitat reduction caused by roads, housing, and commercial development, it can be difficult for wild animals and birds to find fresh, drinkable water. This has led to a countrywide reduction in songbird populations, and the trend continues to spread. Putting up a water feature in your garden is an environmentally friendly way to beautify your home, while enhancing it with the pleasant sounds of birdsong and running water.

Adding a water feature can be as easy as purchasing a solar fountain, filling it, and placing it in the desired outdoor location. As long as it receives enough sunlight, the fountain’s gentle bubbling will keep the water fresh and clean, providing local birds a pleasant place to drink and bathe while preventing the growth of unsightly algae. A larger water feature, such as a small pond with an aeration fountain, provides the same benefits while also allowing larger animals a water source. If you enjoy the sight of deer wandering through your trees, a larger fountain is the way to go. Installing a pond also permits you to grow a water garden or keep koi, both pleasurable and beautiful outdoor pursuits that can reduce your stress and add elegant beauty to your garden.

But even a small outdoor water feature has many benefits beyond the aesthetic. The birds attracted by the fountain can help control insect pests in your garden, while providing a soft dawn chorus to wake up to. Placing a birdbath is particularly effective if it is accompanied by a convenient bird feeder, but beware to use a squirrel-proof one. Squirrels are aggressive against birds and can frighten or injure them. Bird-based insect control will make it much easier to care for your sensitive plants that don’t hold up well to insecticides, and for birdwatchers, a bird-friendly water fountain can be a huge boon. There’s no feeling like the feeling of seeing a bird for the first time in your own front yard.

By: B. Godwin

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Brian Godwin has been an expert on water features since 1998 and is the owner of DesignerFountains.com, a company specializing in the highest quality outdoor fountains and garden fountains. Visit DesignerFountains.com today for expert advice and quality water fountains.