Birds are a big help keeping incsects and bugs under control. Werns in particular perfer bugs to plants, and they are territorial, so will chase other birds away from your berries etc.
We have a lot of wrens eating here. I think we counted 15 varieties of birds one evening.
We use drip irrigation on all our flower beds and veg garden on a timer, so they get water. We sprinkle the grass every weekend to keep it alive, which is important because we live on a hill and erosion is always a concern, especially if a tropical storm decides to visit after a dry summer. I remember Houston and T.S. Allison in ‘01, even though we didn’t live in Texas then.
So that was why I had to trap and untangle a wren that was under the netting on the cherries today: it was after bugs attacking the tree, and keeping fruit stealing birds away!
Yes; I am in the market for a good bridge, as a matter of fact!