Bird Bath on the Deck Garden

A few weeks ago one of our lushly plumaged Red-Winged Black Birds noticed the "footstool" Dear One uses on the back porch.  The lid was full of water.  That beauty came to the Rubbermaid bucket and started splashing around in it!  It was so fun to watch the bird having a lot of fun.

Since that first time, we have watched him come many times.  One day after a long hot dry spell, the bird came, walked around in water that only came up to his ankles then flew off.  Now I go out every couple of days and pour water in the top off the bird-initiated bird bath so he can get his cooling-off done.

You can see the reflection of a tomato plant in the "bath".  You can also see that the yellow bell pepper plant is rather droopy.  It has been very dry and hot lately, though awfully humid all the same.