Frozen Bird Bath
By CarolDM
@CarolDM (203451)
Nashville, Tennessee
December 11, 2018 12:23pm CST
One of the many things I do each morning is feed the birds. I also check the bird bath. During the winter it freezes. And the photo above is how it looks. Usually I can empty the ice out but some days, with a hard freeze I have to dig it out. Thankfully that hasn't happened yet this year. It is very important to keep fresh water for the backyard birds year round.
Now the birds are fed and watered. The sun is shining. Today will be a good day.
How is your day going? Do you feed and water the birds?
There is my photo. Tah dah!
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@wolfgirl569 (95959)
• Marion, Ohio
11 Dec 18
I dont care for the wild birds. But I do have a pond that stays partly unfrozen where they can drink.
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@wolfgirl569 (95959)
• Marion, Ohio
11 Dec 18
@CarolDM They hang around anyways it seems. But no baby birds hatched close to the house anyways because of the cats. We even have red winged black birds during the summer. I love the contrast on those.
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@wolfgirl569 (95959)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Dec 18
@CarolDM Those nest out by our pond. They can be very aggravating if you get close to their nests.
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@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
12 Dec 18
@wolfgirl569 Yes when there are outdoor cats they get the babies. Mine stay indoors. And we have those as well and the red is so stunning to see on their wings.
@hillhjill (23664)
• United States
11 Dec 18
Everything around here is frozen so no baths for the birds, but the weather is warming up to the 40s heat wave lol and rain coming in ugh.
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@hillhjill (23664)
• United States
11 Dec 18
@CarolDM yeah for a couple days, then back to freezing.
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@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
11 Dec 18
@hillhjill The roller coaster weather. Stay warm.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (82205)
• Rupert, Idaho
12 Dec 18
Well we woke up to a few inches of snow....by mid-day it started melting though and when I went home around 6 PM, the roads were completely clear as if it never snowed! Glad a hard freeze hasn't happened there yet and you were able to feed & water the birds without having to dig out the ice!
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@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
12 Dec 18
@MommyOfEli2013 Oh well I know that happens sometimes. Maybe next time.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (82205)
• Rupert, Idaho
12 Dec 18
@CarolDM Well he wasn't too excited because it was not the right consistency to make a snowman lol
and it's okay, no worries!
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@allknowing (130233)
• India
12 Dec 18
We fill our birdbath and let it over flow which helps clean the water in the birdbath.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Dec 18
Maybe if the birds wore skates.....
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@DesirousDreamer (34780)
• Peoria, Arizona
11 Dec 18
We have dog dishes for the birds to drink out of and the water freezes in those sometimes. In the summer we water them like 5 times a day and in the winter is it only once
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@DesirousDreamer (34780)
• Peoria, Arizona
14 Dec 18
@CarolDM We always wanted a bird bath, just haven't be able to afford one yet haha
@KOLAMsegaran1 (4137)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
11 Dec 18
does that not make your birds sick, if they bathe with water like that
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@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
12 Dec 18
They can't bathe in the ice, I change it every day. This was the before photo of when it was frozen. But no, the ice would not make them sick if they were able to get some water from it. Why do you think it would make them sick? It is clean water.
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@KOLAMsegaran1 (4137)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
12 Dec 18
@CarolDM If the bird is bathed in cold water it will not hurt
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
11 Dec 18
I do keep out water and they do eat the dog food.
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