This is my first year with a solid safety cover. The pool cover pump creates an indentation in the cover which leave a puddle of water since the pump doesn't remove all water. I'm being entertained by birds that have found the water on the cover makes a nice bird bath.
Bird Bath
- Thread starter Homebrewale
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The problem is never the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. In this case you are happily enjoying the birds, and surprise surprise....... problem solved all by itself. 
No problem with the birds. Now my daughter's two dogs when she brings them for a visit, that's a different thing.
The ‘problem’ would be water on the cover. Which, if you enjoy the bird bath that ensues, is no longer a problem.