Hi all,

Just a quick reminder to all of you in this hot weather. If you are someone who cares about wildlife, don’t forget to care about urban wildlife. It is hot out there. Most of you have all of the water you want to drink. Do a friend a favor and put out some water for the birds in your yard. They get plenty warm and overheated too and they don’t have an air conditioned house or office.

An old pie pan or any shallow dish that shape will work. A few inches deep is good enough. If you see a rock laying around to make an island in the dish for the smaller birds, all the better. Put it where you can see it and get in on the fun. If you have hummingbirds you need running water like a small fountain. Even a table top model set on a small table near a feeder will draw them in. In this case it was a Black-capped Chickadee that found the fountain.

Stay cool and water the birds. They will eats some bugs for you.