27/52 Bird a week - Bathtime at Birdland

A customer asked me to make one of my birdbath rings for her. I love watching the birds take their little dip.  Everyday quite a few come into our fountain and splash around and dunk their heads.  We try and put the fountain on everyday for them.  They seem to enjoy it so much.  Our parrot Harold loves his too - although he has showers not baths!

This little birdie seems to be enjoying his bath too. What do you think? Are you a bath or a shower person?

Check out the other birdies created this week by following the links below:

Do birds prefer to shower or bathe?

A question for the birds - whether to shower or to bathe?

The last couple of days we've had our first rain for quite a few months. You rarely see the birds out in the rain, enjoying a shower, but often you'll see them in puddles... Do you think they prefer a bath rather than a shower? I know we see many of them in our fountain taking a bath.



Seeing the birds this summer jostling for position for a dip in the fountain inspired this bird bath ring that I made for a friend this week. The bird has his wings out stretched...making sure the water gets in all those little places!!!



My parrot, Harold, on the other hand is a shower kind of bird. He showers with one of those plant sprays! We fill it with warm water and then start singing "I'm singing in the rain". Since we first got Harold, he's always had that song sung to him as he showers!!! Then he spreads his wings too to make sure water gets everywhere.....But when it's all finished, he does tend to go and dunk his head in his water bowl, for one last big splash!!!...just like this little birdie:




Well, I think the bird bath ring works...makes quite a statement... but not sure a bird shower one would work as well!!!!


So what do your birdies do - both wild birds and pets?

Did you know you can buy shower stands for birds so they come with you in your shower and sit on the perch! I can't ever imagine Harold doing that! If you have a pet or watch the garden birds cleaning themselves, tell us whether they are shower or bath types!!

Bathtime at Birdland

I'm in the lounge, trying to learn some music but keep getting distracted! It's bath time at Birdland. 11:45am is their time I guess. So I gave into my distraction, got my camera and watched the fountain for just 3 minutes - and here are the bathing beauties:


















Time to make a splash I guess!