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Bird Nerd-ing in a Mallee Birdbath
Our friend Angus Stewart in Tasmania (from Gardening with Angus) recently captured all these wonderful birds making use of his Mallee Dish – including a few that we’ve never seen before since they only occur in Tasmania. In this video you will see: Yellow-throated Honeyeaters (endemic to Tasmania) Eastern Spinebills New Holland Honeyeaters A Black…
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Which Birdbath should I choose?
People often ask which birdbath is best for their garden and their circumstances. In this post I outline the best way to choose the right birdbath, which can be purchased via our shop website: https://birdbaths.malleedesign.com.au/. For most suburban gardens, where the gardener is interested in attracting more local birdlife, the default dish to choose is…
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Camera Trap Basics for Bird-Spotters
Recently, we’ve been using camera traps to capture videos of birds using our birdbaths. One of my favourites is the video of these wonderful silvereyes flocking around a dish in some coastal habitat below! Silvereyes migrate in large groups, feed and drink together and that’s why you can see so many together. In this post…
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Why are birds not visiting my bird bath?
There are a number of reasons for not seeing birds in a birdbath. You may not have allowed enough time for birds to find your birdbath, birds may actually be coming but you don’t see them or cats may be disrupting an array of local species. Placement as well as the type of habitat provided…
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Why raised Birdbaths are better!
In this post I am going to touch on a contentious topic for some people and as I am completely not wishing to offend anybody here is a little warning to cat lovers and owners out there; basically I think cats are completely inappropriate pets in Australia because of the destruction they cause to our…
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EXTRA Large Spun Copper Dish: The Big Mumma
I would like to introduce the mother of all the spun copper dishes the EXTRA Large, this strangely enough has been our latest edition to the family š The extra large dish is 1100mm in diameter and holds approximately 50lt of water! The extra large sits neatly on the ground on a large corten steel…
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Bathing Birds: Mallee Birdbath
I am pretty excited as we have a new toy, a wildlife camera to take photos of the birds in our birdbaths. It’s wonderful! I have tried so many times to take photos of the birds in my garden and unless you have a fantastic telephoto lens and loads of time to sit patiently and…
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Mallee Design SHOP
It is official! the Mallee birdbaths and water dishes have their very own online shop! they will be much more comfortable there š they can take up as much space and get as much attention as they need. Please visitĀ shop.malleedesign.com.auĀ for all bird bath purchases. We have had a price change also, all the new prices…
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Floating Birdbath
This is the new steel tripod stand for my spun copper dishes, this stand is designed to disappear into the plants in a garden bed. It is made up of three thin metal rods that taper and attach to a steel ring on which the dish sits upon. This bird bath can be purchased over…
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The Mini Dish
Please welcome “The Mini” dish to my bird bath family, yes, they have been breeding and this is the result š a small shallow bird bath that holds 2 litres of water and is 420mm wide x 25mm deep. In the image below you can see how they compare in size to the large dish.…
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Just the Dish!
This copper bird bathĀ is spun by a local metal spinner. It is wide and shallow so that it will occasionally dry out, inhibiting mosquito populations. If you are interested or would like to know more about this bird bath,Ā please contact me, or you canĀ purchase it over here. The dishes look great sitting on a tree…
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Floating Birdbath
Introducing the ‘Floating’ bird bath, I am so happy with this design, the spun copper dish sits atop a steel tripod made of thin rods and two rings, the base simply disappears into the garden if you want it to.Ā The steel tripod stands at 1 metre high, it is the tallest of all the bases…
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Recycled hardwood pedestal bird bath
Here’s Kath’s latest design prototype for a bird bath stand. It is made of recycled hardwood timber, in a similar vein to the tripod design, but employs a more formal geometry. Its upright structure retains a lightness that begets an undergrowth of medium-height ornamental natives. The recycled bird bath can beĀ purchased over here. The bird…
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Sandstone Plinth Bird Bath
This is the 2nd style of my plinth bird bath series, a half sawn and half picked sandstone pedestal. I am very excited about this base, it is solid sandstone Ā 220mm x 250mm x 750mm and in perfect visual balance with the spun copper dish. This bird bath can beĀ purchased over here. If you are…
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Eucalyptus Tripod Bird Bath
This copper bird bathĀ is spun by a local metal spinner. It sitsĀ on a Eucalyptus tripod and is designed to be wide and shallow so that it will occasionally dry out, inhibiting mosquito populations. $750 excluding delivery. If you are interested or would like to know more about this bird bath, please contact meĀ asĀ this birdbath stand…
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