So ex[alin the difference in when a bird gets the water in a bird bath
nasty that gets back into the stream and when bird use a stream and
make it nasty.....looks like the same thing to me. I am sure birds in
naaature do not have access to bird baths that are not able to corss
contaminate. You info is biased, and of course leans best towards the
fish side. but its full of holes just the same.



On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:36:41 GMT, wrote:

if the birdbath water will then flow back into the stream and pond I wouldnt do it.
birds are dirty.
It might be easier to simply set up a hose with a timer on it to fill the bird bath
once a day .... use a cheap hose turn off to regulate how much water goes into the
bird bath. a nice drip will attract birds. Ingrid

Angela Marsh wrote:

We have a small stream running next to the house and would like to put a
bird bath in our yard near it.

Would it be possible to find an *inexpensive* pump that could pump water
from the stream into the birdbath?

The only problem is that it needs to go about 30 feet, and over a 4' earth
berm. Can small inexpensive pumps do that?

Does it have to be a submersible pond pump or can it be something else?

Suggestions?




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