A bathing area should be no more than 2 to 3 inches deep with a relatively hard bottom. The bath area should be gently sloping, free of vegetation, and kept fresh. Avoid having any dense ground cover within 10 to 15 feet. Open water, such as impoundments, marshes, and beaver ponds provide a highly diverse habitat for a wide variety of birds. Selected songbird species common to major successional stages.
Some forest dwelling songbirds are migratory and others remain year round.
Neotropical migrants - Warblers, Vireos, and Flycatchers are the most common species of forest communities, and will often overwinter in Central and South America. A few, such as Cardinals, Chickadees, Titmice, several Finches, and Woodpeckers overwinter within the region. The range for nesting birds is usually correlated to body mass. Species the benefit from songbird management. Breeding bird populations in relation to plant succession on the piedmont of Georgia.