Our house has no yard, only a couple of small patches of dirt big enough to hold some bamboo stalks. However, I believe we have enough vegetation in the neighborhood I can still have a bird feeder. I have spent the last 10 minutes watching 2 Noisy Miner birds use our pool as a bird bath. One of them is a pretty good diver. Once the bath was finished, the electric wires were perfect for scrubbing their faces dry - just like a dog rubbing its face on the carpet.
We also have some Rainbow Lorikeets that spend a lot of time two houses down. These are the birds I really want to feed. They have beautiful coloring when they open their wings and fly around. I just wish they would sit on a branch and open their wings with the proper lighting so I can get a good picture. So far, they are not cooperating.
Both species can be noisy. I can hear them in the afternoons over the AC, the TV and anything else in the house.
The downside, both species like nectar, fruit, etc. I can easily set some items like that out and attract all sorts of bugs. Unfortunately, we really don't have anything to attach a bird feeder to. This will take some creativity. Must be time for a trip to the hardware store to see what my options are and what other creative people have come up with.
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