by shirley124 11 Jan 2014

A couple of our local native parrots were having a bath in the bird bath outside our dining room window this morning. They sure splash the water out as you can see by the 2nd picture. We have to keep topping it up. We get quite a variety of birds coming for their daily baths and drinks. Shirley

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by cfidl 15 Jan 2014

That is what they are made for! I love it! You could have a whole album of pics of birds taking baths.

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by kezza2sew 15 Jan 2014

Oh so wonderful, I have to get me a bird bath,,,,the one we have is cracked...love this thanks for sharing...

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by capoodle 15 Jan 2014

They are really enjoying their bath. Once my dad was sitting outside and the birds were being very vocal and he noticed the bird bath had been taken as other neighbors ornamental lawn decorations were. He went and got the trash can lid and filled it with water and then they settled down.

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by toogie 14 Jan 2014

Shirley,these are beautiful.I love birds and the sound of them in the early morning.A few from my yard, this summer.Last one when fall/winter came.

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capoodle by capoodle 15 Jan 2014

It is a joy to watch so many birds come and go. You have a nice variety of them.

greysewist by greysewist 15 Jan 2014

wow, what a busy lawn that last one showed! You have some beauties!

cfidl by cfidl 15 Jan 2014

Oh my - fabulous pictures, I would love to see more

toogie by toogie 15 Jan 2014

#5 Reminds me of the Alfred Hitchcock movie,'Birds"

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by gerryvb 12 Jan 2014

how lovely to see, they sure enjoy their bath :)

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shirley124 by shirley124 12 Jan 2014

They sure do love it. I was lucky to get the photos as they are a very timid bird. One flew off while I was taking the photos.

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by greysewist Moderator 12 Jan 2014

Nice Pics, Shirley. They do look like the bigger native budgerigars that I see if I go driving in Northern Victoria -but maybe that's 'cos they're so wet! Good of you to keep them supplied so well. Do you have fruit trees for them to raid as well?

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shirley124 by shirley124 12 Jan 2014

Not sure what type of parrot they are. There are quite a few around this area. No we don't have fruit trees, so they will have to raid someone elses orchard. Shirley

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by hightechgrammy 12 Jan 2014

Oh, they are wonderful! Are they a type of budgerigar? We call them paraketes here in the US. Our parrots love the water, but they are African Greys and quite a bit larger. Thanks for sharing the photos with us!

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shirley124 by shirley124 12 Jan 2014

I am not quite sure of their correct name. They are larger that the budgerigar though.

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by graceandham 11 Jan 2014

What a lovely view. My mom kept two bird baths, one like your pedestal, the other an upside down metal trash can lid on bricks on the ground. She freshened the water every other day. She said some species preferred being up in the air and some liked the ground!

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shirley124 by shirley124 12 Jan 2014

Yes we have another bath down on the ground. Sometimes there are up to 7 or 8 little birds in it at the same time. We have a great advantage point to watch from the window.

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by noah 11 Jan 2014

Wow my neighbour has a 36 year old parrot that talks to u when u get a hair cut lol their having fun:):)hugs

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shirley124 by shirley124 12 Jan 2014

I'm glad these don't talk. They may call me all sorts of things. lol Shirley

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by lilylady 11 Jan 2014

AAH! so sweet. I just have blue jays and chick-a-dees' which I love. This are beautiful.

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shirley124 by shirley124 12 Jan 2014

They sure are enjoying their bath.

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by shilly 11 Jan 2014

So nice of you to provide water for these pretty ones; keep it up and send more pics.

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shirley124 by shirley124 12 Jan 2014

We top the bath up every day and sometimes 2 or 3 times like when birds like these splash it all out over the side.

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by gerryb 11 Jan 2014

How cute is that!? Tks for sharing with us! We don't have that type of birds in Tenn.!!

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shirley124 by shirley124 12 Jan 2014

They are a very timid bird. Thought they may fly away when they saw movement, but must have been enjoying the water too much.

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by vickiannette 11 Jan 2014

Birds will be as clean as your window Shirley. Lovely pic

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shirley124 by shirley124 12 Jan 2014

Cameras can be deceiving. Window not as clean as it looks in photo. Shirley

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by jrob Moderator 11 Jan 2014

Ah, they're lovely and getting very clean I see!

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shirley124 by shirley124 12 Jan 2014

They sure love the fresh water.

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by corinney 11 Jan 2014

Thanks for sharing! I love birds.

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shirley124 by shirley124 12 Jan 2014

My pleasure.

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