[Tweeters] Frozen Bird Bath

[Shelf Life Community Story Project]

Some strategies I’ve used for keeping hummer feeders and bird water thawed. 

Incandescent Christmas lights, the old kind that get a little warm, not the LED kind, can be wrapped around a feeder to keep it warm. Or one of those ceramic bulbs used for pet reptiles. I plug one in and point it at the feeder a few inches away. If there’s no electricity nearby, you can get some of the more affordable electric socks that come with a little battery that keeps them warm. Charge those up and wrap a sock around the feeder with a rubber band. 

Those mats people use to keep seedlings warm can go under a pan of water. 

Jill


> On Jan 12, 2024, at 9:42 AM, John & Anne Winskie <winskie at frontier.com> wrote:

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> I put fresh hummer water out this morning, and it froze solid within half an hour. I brought it back inside and thawed it out, put it back out, and there was a hummer there within minutes. She had a long drink, then flew off!

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> On Friday, January 12, 2024 at 09:37:14 AM PST, Hank Heiberg <hank.heiberg at gmail.com> wrote: 

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> I noticed two Juncos at the rim of our frozen bird bath.  So I took a pot of boiling water and poured it on the ice.  Not all of the ice melted, but there was then a layer of water on top of the ice that was comfortable to my touch.  I went back in the house and noticed that immediately there were 3 Juncos drinking from the bird bath and a Towhee nearby.

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> Hank Heiberg

> Issaquah, WA

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