If you love to feed hummingbirds in your backyard, or just love to watch them visit your flowers, you might be thinking about adding a bird bath for them. Hummingbirds won’t use just any type of bird bath though! In this article we looked for the best bird baths for hummingbirds and also picked out a variety of water features that will be attractive to hummingbirds.
Best Bird Baths for Hummingbirds
In general, hummingbirds are going to be looking for water that is moving, and shallow. They like to fly through showering water, or dip down into a gently bubbling fountain. In order for them to land and splash around, the water needs to be very shallow. I recommend a maximum of 1.5 centimeters, and the shallower the better!
With those criteria in mind, let’s take a look at some of the best bird baths for hummingbirds!
Peaktop Glazed Pot Floor Fountain
This vase shaped fountain is a great design for hummingbirds! The water comes up through the center in a very gentle stream, falls into an extremely shallow basin and then cascades in a thin sheet over the side. The gentle water movement plus shallow depth of the water make this very hummingbird friendly.
Multiple reviewers on Amazon have success attracting hummingbirds with this. There is even a video from one customer who has a hummingbird that visits daily. Comes in a few colors, and an LED lights it up at night. The hummingbirds will be asleep, but you might enjoy the added ambiance!
3-Tier Pedestal Fountain
This tiered resin fountain (plastic, not metal) is a popular one on Amazon, both for its design and affordability. The multiple levels give birds lots of choices for where they want to sit, and also provides a lot of cascading and dripping water.
Hummingbirds would enjoy both the dripping water, the gentle central water source at the top, and the small shallow bathing areas. You can add a few medium sized stones to any of the tiers to make the water even shallower and more hummingbird friendly. Many of the reviewers have said the hummingbirds in their yard enjoy using this fountain.