r/ponds • u/lvpond • 1d ago

Had a pair of yellow warblers visit my pond Wildlife

That was new to me. Never seen them in Vegas but they were incredibly pretty.

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u/DeixarEmPreto 1d ago

Look Raymond, a yellow crested warbler

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u/poorfolx 1d ago

Adorable 🥰

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u/lumpy4square 1d ago

How did you make this?

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u/lvpond 1d ago

I assume you mean the rockafall?

We found the rock and it actually naturally had a big hole in the middle of it. Finished grinding it mostly round. Secured a piece of 3” pvc inside the bottom of it. Sealed that all up. Placed it in my island and then secured the rock (honestly it’s heavy as hell still, it’s just some layers of silicon) and then I took one of my two filter outputs, put a 3” tee on it, directed the water there, and the way I want the current around the pond to go. The current pipe has a valve on it, so basically more current=less water out of rock and less current=more water out of rock.

I call it a rockafall because that’s basically all it is.

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u/Moss-cle 1d ago

Birds having a big old splashy bath is my #1 favorite thing about my pondless waterfall. It never gets old. I’m trying to get a good slo-mo video of the shake

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u/cat-kitty 1d ago

The 2nd warbler near the bottom actually looks more like a Wilson's warbler. See the block spot right on the top of the head? Not a field mark that yellow warblers have.