Giving a little clean, cool water to the birds is considered a kindness towards birds; sometimes fresh water can be one of the hardest necessities for birds to come by. Watching birds at the birdbath also brings lots of happiness to the onlooker.

Keeping a birdbath is, in fact, one of the easiest ways of bringing birds close enough to have a good look at them. Although birdfeeders cater to seed-eaters like cardinals and sparrows, birds that eat insects or fruit like the wren and waxwing don