Songbird Antique Bronze Bird Bath

You get two basins on one pedestal: a water basin up top for bathing and drinking, and a ground-level bowl at the base for birdseed or trailing flowers. The sculpted songbird perched on the rim isn't just decoration — birds read a perched bird as evidence the spot is safe, so the little decoy helps real visitors commit. At 4.4 lbs it goes wherever the birds actually gather — beside a flowerbed, along a fence line, on a rental patio where concrete was never an option — and the three included ground stakes keep it there.

Quick Specifications

Two Heights, Two Kinds of Birds

The top basin serves the bathers — robins, jays, and finches that want water with a clear view of the yard. The ground bowl serves a different crowd: doves, juncos, and sparrows feed at ground level by habit, so seed down

You get two basins on one pedestal: a water basin up top for bathing and drinking, and a ground-level bowl at the base for birdseed or trailing flowers. The sculpted songbird perched on the rim isn't just decoration — birds read a perched bird as evidence the spot is safe, so the little decoy helps real visitors commit. At 4.4 lbs it goes wherever the birds actually gather — beside a flowerbed, along a fence line, on a rental patio where concrete was never an option — and the three included ground stakes keep it there.

Quick Specifications

Two Heights, Two Kinds of Birds

The top basin serves the bathers — robins, jays, and finches that want water with a clear view of the yard. The ground bowl serves a different crowd: doves, juncos, and sparrows feed at ground level by habit, so seed down low brings in species a raised feeder misses. One pedestal covers both, and a bird that lands to eat usually stays to drink. More ways to make the spot irresistible are in our guide to why birds skip some bird baths.

The flower-relief basin and streaked verdigris finish are molded to read as aged copper that has stood in a garden for decades — at 4.4 lbs instead of forty. That light build is the honest trade of polypropylene: easy to carry one-handed, but it needs anchoring. Drive the three included stakes on lawn, or fill the hollow base with stones on a patio. Staked and weighted, it holds through gusts that tip unanchored resin baths.

Works Best In

Beside flowerbeds you already water · along fences and property lines · rental patios and balconies where concrete isn't an option · anywhere you reposition with the seasons.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does it need power or plumbing?

No — it's a still-water bath. Fill the top basin, pour seed in the base bowl, done.

Should I get this or the 32" Shell Basin bath?

This 28" has the wider flower-relief basin — more bathing room. The 32" Shell Basin trades width for height, with two songbirds, for spots where the bath must clear surrounding plants.

Will it blow over?

Unanchored, a 4.4 lb bath can. Use the included ground stakes on lawn, or fill the base with stones on hard surfaces — both together on a windy corner.

Is the water depth safe for small birds?

The basin is 2.25" deep — keep water at 1.5–2" and set a flat stone in the middle as a perch for finches. For the full logic on safe depth, see our bird bath depth & safety guide.

Can it stay outside in winter?

The polypropylene is made to endure water, weather, and frost, but empty both bowls before a hard freeze — ice expansion stresses any material. For a bath with real mass that shrugs off winter entirely, see our fiber-reinforced concrete bird baths.

Want permanence instead of portability? A concrete bird bath never needs a stake. This one is for the spot that moves with the seasons — browse the full bird bath collection.