Birds will drown from time to time.
They do in Mother Nature's ponds also.

One thing I did was take a nicely shaped
tree branch and lay it across the pond to
the island I have in the middle. A lot of the
birds chose that as their first choice for
drinking.

Another option is to provide a bird bath
right next to the pond and see if they
like that better than the pond for drinking.

kathy :-) www.blogfromthebog.com
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