Man Made Pond Question

[Doug West]

I'm putting in a little pond for the birds.

The depth of pond liner I purchased is 7 inches.

Would the depth have to be shallower for a bird
to bathe in it?

Thanks
Doug

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes, for most songbirds the depth should be shallower. If you make a flat shallow end that is 1 to 2 inches deep at most that would be good for bathing birds.

[Randy Stout]

I have a pond in my backyard that is about 24" deep in the center, but has multiple rocks around the periphery that are at the surface, or just below. They love bathing on them, so it is easy to achieve an attractive bathing situation for them.

Cheers

Randy

[Doug West]

Here's what I have:

http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10051&langId=-1&productId=1112805&partNumber=93171-1569-PP2607&storeId=10151

I have it buried at ground level. Then I'm going to put some stone/rock around it.

Since its 7 inches deep, I was thinking of, I'm not sure what they're exactly called, getting
a planter saucer, drill a hole in it so I could slip it over top of the hose, and hold it down
somehow so its about 2 inches under the water?

Doug
(http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10051&langId=-1&productId=1112805&partNumber=93171-1569-PP2607&storeId=10151)

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good call putting some stones and rock around it - you will want it to look as natural as possible for photography purposes. Those planter dish bottoms work well. You could also just put some flat rocks in the liner, sort of what Randy describes (river rocks, the flat squared one, not the smooth rounded ones, work really well and are easily "stackable").