Light Up Your Outdoor Bird Bath With A Color Changing Fountain From Amazon

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Having a bird bath in your backyard is a great way to encourage more feathered friends to visit. If the water in that bird bath moves, even better. Moving water is less likely to stagnate and attracts a wider variety of birds, including hummingbirds. That's where a solar-powered Amazon find that will make your bird bath more appealing can come in handy. If you already have a bird bath, the pump in the Gaizerl Solar Bird Bath Fountain will keep that water circulating while the 60 multicolored LED lights will brighten your garden at night. Plus, it couldn't be easier to install.

Always wanted one of those fancy bubbling bird baths with preinstalled lighting? They don't come cheap. With a 4.1-star rating and a list price of almost $40, this underrated water feature will give your yard a luxurious touch and bring in more birds without busting your budget.

It has a sensor that lets you know if the water in your bird bath is too low, and comes with three filter sponges that keep debris from building up and blocking the flow of water. This solar-powered fountain by Gaizerl is a little over 8 inches in diameter and almost 2 inches tall. It should easily fit inside most bird bath bowls — which need to be at least about 12 inches in diameter. The fountain has four anchoring tubes that keep the mechanism from moving around in the water. Since it's solar-powered, you need to set it in a spot that gets a lot of sun.

Moving water is appealing to birds and will attract them to a yard, but there are more positives to having a fountain in your bird bath. The LED lights in this solar fountain might encourage your feathered friends to bathe even as the sun is going down, especially if you live in urban areas where light pollution is extending birds' days. If nothing else, the lights add to the atmosphere in a dark backyard. "Looks great at night," wrote happy customer Richard M. in his five-star review. Some buyers, however, appear disappointed with the long-term performance. "After about a month, it no longer held much of a charge for nighttime lighting," writes Barbara Fitzgerald, who later updated her review to four stars after receiving a replacement fountain.

It seems that sunlight isn't the only important factor in keeping this fountain working. You also need to keep on top of minor maintenance. "I did keep them covered over the winter but then cleaning the filter once or twice a year, they are still going strong," wrote customer John T., who also left a five-star review on the product listing. Indeed, as the manufacturer notes in the product description on Amazon, if the pump is blocked, the fountain can stop working even during the day. Clear your bird bath of fallen leaves and other debris regularly and keep the bowl full at all times. If you live in a windy area, use the pump's lowest setting. "If the water shoots too high and it is windy, the water will be blown out of the bird bath and run dry," writes customer Gerald Peet in an April 2026 review.