WarblerFall
My quarantine project: inventing the perfect bird bath. Find out more at Warblerfall.com
21/07/2024
It's not often I get a bird at the studio window who stumps me. I had a nice long time to look at it and eventually figured out who this newly fledged juvenile is--I recognized its face. It is a highly unusual July record for Washington County Ohio, attracted to the WarblerFall! Taking guesses. Have fun! (Evil cackle)
20/11/2023
ZICKEFOOSE Holiday Cards are here, and they're gorgeous! They can be yours--just click the links below!
Cards are a big 5 x 7" and feature four designs: American flamingo, rufous hummingbird, eastern bluebird, and cedar waxwing. The cover is eggshell gloss, and the inside writing surface is blank--no message, matte finish and perfect for pen or pencil. $25 per pack, with envelopes.
I ship these in a flat envelope, via USPS ground. I can ship up to three packs for the same ten bucks: bulk savings.
1 set 16 cards, $25 + 10 S&H https://tinyurl.com/zickcard1
2 sets 32 cards, $50 + 10 S&H https://tinyurl.com/zickcard2
3 sets 48 cards, $75 + 10 S&H https://tinyurl.com/zickcard3
Happy holidays!
Look at the list of birds that have bathed in Briana’s Michigan WarblerFall!! Here in SE Ohio, this year’s total just hit 25 and I’m thrilled about that. Got no pheasants here…
Briana has done it again. She’s chosen just the right impatiens to set off this immaculate male indigo bunting!
24/06/2023
Raise your hand if you p**p in the birdbath! My best hacks for keeping your WarblerFall sparkly clean are at tinyurl.com/WFhack
Wait. What????
It’s high spring and busy nesters need baths! From The Hungry Little Birdie who is surely our best cheerleader. Thank you dear Briana! JZ
06/04/2023
Well, it’s officially WarblerFall season in Whipple, Ohio, home of the WarblerFall! I had six species drop in to celebrate within minutes of my setting it up. Two brown-headed cowbirds were the first to take a dunk. They won’t be the last. Happy blogpost at tinyurl.com/fifthapril —go check it out!
04/04/2023
To whet your appetite for setting up your WarblerFall for the spring, here is my pair of pine warblers in my southeast Ohio backyard. The male likes peanuts, and the female likes Zick Dough. You can read more about them and their bizarre behavior at tinyurl.com/funwithPIWA
20/03/2023
First warbler to stop and drink in my Ohio yard in 2023 is a pine warbler, who's been trilling beautifully in the tall Virginia pines along my driveway, and picking at the peanuts and sunflower hearts at my feeder. He wants to know when he can have his trickling WarblerFall! Soon, Piney boy. Soon.
17/03/2023
I was rooting around in my files and stumbled on a video from June 21, 2021, the day I assembled the first WarblerFall. I was really pleased with the fountain I'd created, and looking forward to seeing what birds it would attract. I had NO idea what was coming. I knew I'd get a lot of good birds, but I didn't know that sharing it would become a passion and a real boon during the darkest days of the pandemic. That's life. You don't know what's coming. Sometimes it's really nice. We temperate zone folk are all looking forward to spring and setting up our WarblerFall again (or for the first time!) Just have to get past these subfreezing nights... Deep thanks to all who have ordered my plans and made lots of my dreams come true.
09/01/2023
Oh, how I miss the sound of trickling water, and the sight of bathing beauties! Here's a Nashville warbler from my southeast Ohio yard, September 7, 2022. My little bonsai ironwood tree was the perfect landing place for shy wood warblers--I placed its pot right beside the WarblerFall. I'd like to think it enjoyed hosting them. Thank you to everyone who has supported this project. I can't wait to fire mine back up in April!--Julie Zickefoose
Not sure I’ve ever seen a junco bathe! Drink, yes…
I can only drool down here in OHio. Three cheers for Briana in Michigan!
WarblerFall as Day Care. Here’s a northern cardinal, pushing breeding season way past its logical limit.
See the red on a Nashville warbler’s crown!
Don't be confused by the black forecrown of the first Nashville warbler bathing in this Michigan WarblerFall. He's just wet.
Ooooh some premium species for this Michigan WarblerFall! Swainson's thrushes are avid bathers, but most of us get to see them only on spring and fall migration, as they breed in boreal (northern) forest. Luverly!
Wait for it! This bossy male northern flicker clears the robins out of his WarblerFall! Thanks to the Hungry Little Birdie for this wonderful video. The wide-angle Birdsy cam makes the basin look much smaller than it is.
The sound of trickling water draws birds in to a new bath. Notice how Briana uses the rocks to create a resonant chamber. Why, I was just tinkering with my bath to make the loudest water music I could. Who knew it would be so much fun to play with rocks and water? Well, I did—it’s how I spent my childhood!
26/08/2022
What’s happening at the Original WarblerFall? Click here: https://tinyurl.com/wfjoy
Diversity is high at this Michigan oasis! We are moving into top warbler season. Is your WarblerFall ready?
The most elegant of visitors to this Michigan setup! Oooh, we love cedar waxwings! And they love water!
A VEERY sexy bird for Briana's WarblerFall in Michigan. Woooow. I'm lucky if I see one in the springtime here in southeast Ohio...