[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s summertime and birds need all the help they can get.

This is a great time to offer some sort of water feature to our feathered friends, whether it be a simple basin of cool water or a fancy circulating fountain with pool.

A plain, sturdy birdbath is hard to beat, just make sure it is heavy enough not to tip over easily.  My own concrete birdbath is very sturdy.  In fact, I recently saw a fox standing in it, lapping up water.  Birds and deer also partake on a regula...