I have been obsessed with building a shower/water feature for years now.
I thought ok this time I am gonna make it, in the new room.
Put together an aquarium pump, pipes, a bottle full of holes and voila'
Problem was: THE BIRDS HATED IT!!! They are afraid of it and the nearest they go to it is on the top of the bottle to sit and poo.
So I thought OK, that water box is too big, maybe if I use a smaller one it will work
As you can see, smaller water tank, and still only Mr Darcy goes near it and just poos in the water below.
OK, then maybe it's too low... they are so chickeny they won't go near things that aren't located above 5.3".
I moved it all on a tall bookshelf. It didn't work. I don't even have a picture of it, I am so offended with them!
The only thing I can think is: they are afraid of going below the bottle. This means that I will have to eliminate the bottle and use directly a tube with little holes in it.
If THAT doesn't work, I've pretty much exhausted all my ideas about the bird shower.
I swear to you, I had more than once the temptation to grab one random bird and get him under the sprays until he was soaked