December 21, 2008 at 8:27 pm
#650094
KatherineL
Participant
westseattledood, thanks for mentioning that the birds need plain water in this weather. Their usual sources freeze over. It is a pain to keep thawing a birdbath. However, you can buy birdbath heaters and avoid all those trips outside. I bought one from Audubon years ago. It has a thermostat. It comes on only when the water temperature drops below freezing and turns off when it gets above 32. I do have to monitor the birdbath, because they splash the water out. But I don’t need to go out several times a day or dash out first thing on a freezing morning.