The forecast calls for SUMMER. Birds & Beasleys owner Sandy Shull is here to show you how to help your backyard birds cope with hot, dry days. Stay hydrated out there! #wildbirds #birdbaths
Hi! I’m Sandy with Birds & Beasleys. Today, we are talking about what happens with hot weather. What happens to birds, what happens to animals, what happens to people.
Well, the simple thing is water. Everybody needs water. Even Downtown Walking Mall has water now. So, what I want you to do is think about a bird bath. Is it full? Is it clean? What am I wanting to do?
So, birds are wanting to come. There’s a lot of young birds out there right now learning to fly and they need water to survive. So, fill your bird bath. I encourage you to take a rock or a piece of wood and put it in your bird bath so that if the bird falls in, they can swim over to it and get out. Sometimes bird baths are too deep, so don’t make them too deep, add rocks if you need to.
The other thing is my bird bath is getting green or my bird bath is getting red. That is algae. This time of year the algae is starting to grow. Get a brush. We have great brushes at Birds & Beasleys or get a brush. Scrub it out. Flick the water out, put fresh water in. A little bit of bleach, like I would say just about a glug. Let it sit a little bit, I would cover it so the birds can’t use it. Let it sit for a half-hour, an hour, so it kills the algae. Take off the lid, put more water in it. Toss it on. With that dilution, it will not hurt the grass and it will help kill the algae. So again, when it’s hot, algae grows, just keep your bath clean. The cleaner the bath is, the healthier the birds are. Thanks for checking with Birds & Beasleys!