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29th January 2012, 07:39 PM #1Try not to be late, but never be early.
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View from my shed window.
One of the windows of my shed looks out on a public swimming pool. With the recent warm weather there have been a lot of hot chicks taking advantage of this facility. I have been able to surreptitiously photograph them and thought I'd share their youthful exuberance.
Regards,
Geoff.
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29th January 2012, 09:08 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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There's a law against this, don't you realise?
Pssst, any nudie ones?-Scott
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Nice birds!
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1st February 2012, 05:50 PM #4Senior Member
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Very cool! I've been thinking about putting out some feeders and a few bird houses. I may need to add a bath to the plan.
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1st February 2012, 07:55 PM #5
I have the same problem. Some of the local scrub wrens argue who owns the shed (it's still me).
But providing water for the locals, a no brainier.Michael
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2nd February 2012, 09:58 AM #6Try not to be late, but never be early.
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Hi all,
Yes, the secret to attracting birds to your garden is a permanent and clean water supply. I have two set up with a timer that comes on three times a day for one minute. When we go on holiday I put a new battery in the timer.
The bath at the other end of the shed is off the ground a couple of feet, on a post, and more popular with larger birds like parrots and magpies.
In the five years that we have been here we have planted a lot of flowering natives, grevillias, bottle brushes and the like, which the honey eaters love.
Regards,
Geoff.
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9th April 2023, 12:29 PM #7Try not to be late, but never be early.
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Hi all, this thread is over eleven years old and the original photos have been lost. I've reposted a couple of them. Chicks bathing 004.jpgChicks bathing 012.jpgchicks bathing 014.jpgchicks bathing 015.jpg
In the intervening eleven years these birdbaths have never run out of water, as previously mentioned, the water supply is on timers which I have now set to come on three times a day for one minute. The setup is gravity feed from our rain water tanks and the baths are cleaned regularly. If you're using birdbaths to encourage birds into your backyard you have to make sure they've always got water in them as the birds will become dependent on them, especially during the warmer months. Permanent water coupled with plenty of native shrubs and trees, some days it's like living in an aviary.
Cheers,
Geoff.
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