Provide Life Saving Bird Baths in Winter

During freezing temperatures, a wild birds’ search for drinking water becomes critical as natural water sources ice over.  Birds are able to use snow as a water source, but often snow becomes glazed over with ice and is useless as far as drinking.  The most critical time for birds is when there is no snow cover, and temperatures remain below freezing.  By placing heated bird baths in your yard, you’re offering a life sustaining element to wild birds.

The best place for a heated birdbath is on the south side of a wind break, such as a house, wall, fence, or shrubbery.  Ground level birdbaths are more efficient at conserving heat and energy as they will only lose heat from the top, as opposed to a pedestal or deck mount birdbath, which lose heat on top and bottom.