subject: Wild Bird Supplies: Attract Birds To Get Rid Of Bugs [print this page] Investing in some wild bird supplies, such as baths, houses, and feeders, is an excellent way to attract many types of birds to your property. Birds are very helpful with maintaining the bug population around the yard and in garden areas. Keeping the number of bugs relatively low is beneficial to your plants and the bugs get a great meal out of the deal too.
Bird Baths: There are styles of baths for the yard and garden to fit into any landscaping scheme. Plastic baths are light and easy to move to different locations in the garden. Some are on pedestals, making them free standing baths, while others mount to the railing of a deck or patio. Heated baths can be purchased for the winter months, providing clean water even when it's cold enough to freeze.
Bird Baths: Baths for birds are made from plastic, metal, concrete, and sometimes even glass. They can be free-standing or attached to a deck railing. Most are light enough to be easily moved from one location to the next. Each is usually very weather resistant, so as to last for more than one season. Heated versions are available for the winter months, in order to keep birds supplied with fresh water when the temperatures are below freezing.
Bird Baths: Many styles of bird baths are available for adding to the landscape of any home. Pedestal baths are great for positioning around the garden or in the middle of a patch of flowers.
The plastic versions are light enough for one person to easily move whenever desired and they are generally weatherproof. There are even heated bird baths for keeping fresh water supplied to the birds during the winter months.
Additional Accessories: To go along with the bird baths mentioned above, there are wild bird supplies that can be purchased separately. One item is designed to keep the water in a bird bath from getting stagnate. These send gentle ripples through the water, which keeps mosquitoes from laying their eggs in the bird bath.
Heating elements can also be purchased for any sized bird bath, which is often a less expensive way to keep water from freezing. It is usually more costly to buy an additional heated bird bath for the winter months, than to purchase a small heating element for an existing bird bath.
