Date: 10/30/26 8:06 am From: Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...> Subject: Re: Yellow-rumped Warblers
We have a couple bird baths on the ground on an asphalt turn around area of our driveway. They get quite a bit of use.
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From: The Birds of Arkansas Discussion List <ARBIRD-L...> on behalf of Robert Day <rhday52...>
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2026 2:52 PM
To: <ARBIRD-L...> <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Yellow-rumped Warblers
We have had a bird-bath for years, but not much action at it. This year, my wife planted Lantanas in the raised beds and put the bird-bath in the middle of the plants, which grew up around it. We had a LOT of birds coming to it this year, so we have begun to suspect that having some vegetation/cover around it may be what the birds were looking for. It almost looked like a small pool of water surrounded by plants.
My best guess.
Bob
Robert H. Day, Ph.D.
6303 SW Shady Side Avenue
Bentonville, AR 72713
cell: 907-460-7061; <rhday52...><mailto:<rhday52...>
On Wed, Oct 28, 2026 at 12:31 PM Elizabeth Shores <00001ea247eb9fcf-dmarc-request...><mailto:<00001ea247eb9fcf-dmarc-request...>> wrote:
We love the arrival of Yellow-rumped Warblers.
We have four birdbaths that are visited by very few birds, undoubtedly because they are not properly placed. What’s the secret?
The Yellow-rumped Warblers joined other winter migrants in my yard this morning. They are feeding in the oak trees and coming in for water. The drought is difficult on birds; they come to the waters and enjoy the sprinklers that I use to keep even my drought resistant shrubs like American Beautyberry alive until it rains. In my neighborhood there are 12 homes on 2 acre lots (24 acres) and my yard is the only one with water and feed for birds. Make sure you are the one percent that has water available for birds. In my surveys in multiple states, only one birdbath in 100 had water and properly placed, and this problem is compounded when most of the state is in extreme or exceptional drought and breaking heat records.
