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Originally Posted by masraum
Yep, when we used to have one that we kept water in, it was usually frequently visited. I also had a bird feeder nearby.
One summer day, my bird bath had at least 20-30 bees on and buzzing around it which was interesting. I am sure they were drinking more than bathing.
LOL!
What's interesting is that if there's a lack of water, but there is dusty sand around, they'll go through the same motions in the sand.
Not my pics
and often when you see this, they end up creating little depressions in the sand/dust from all of the bathing.
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We have a planter just in front of the bird bath as you see it in my photo.
It's under going a revival of sorts as all the plants were removed so new could be planted/started. When the bird bath got low on water I noticed there were divots in the dirt. Initially I thought cats were doing their thing and trying to cover the evidence, but then I saw a bird taking a dust bath. I watered the dirt down and filled the bird bath up and no more divots. I guess they don't like taking mud baths.