Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: hummers this morning, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Excellent photos!!! Gotta love those hummies and finches :o)

I sometimes get hummies that zip through the sprinkler.

Also have a small plastic pond and noticed the little birds are too small to bend over to sip water. I added a terra cotta flower pot that sticks out about 1/2 inch above the water. They now perch on the rim of the flower pot and sip water easily. Guess they were afraid so slip in or just couldn't reach the water. They also seem to prefer the fountain over the pond. Maybe because that's about four feet off the ground and they can see around them better? They tend to be skittish when they are on the ground...probably afraid a cat or something will sneak up on them. I don't have cats...but the neighbor does. They like sitting on the edge of the fountain and don't mind the sprinklers and spray of water :o)

Maybe you could add a brick or floating board in the pond so they can perch on that and reach the water. I noticed they are all over the watering can...they seem to be able to reach the water from the spout there.

Here's a sparrow enjoying the fountain spray.