Solar Bird Bath – how can I make one at home?
Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at
3:45 am
I live in a very cold climate and want to make a home-made solar heated bird bath.
Ideas?
Update:
My real reason is to provide drinking water that isn’t freezing cold. The birds that do not migrate seem to get very thirsty when everything is below freezing for days and days (no liquid water out there…)
People in my neighborhood feed them, but no one seems to be watering them.
I have seen our winter birds (cardinals, sparrows, etc) actually bathe in warm water I put out. It’s gotta be up to them if that’s a good idea….
The real object is drinking water, not bathing.
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Not a good idea to have warm water for birds to bathe in, it strips all of their natural oils from their feathers, which can result in skin problems.
You don’t have to heat it up for them, how do you think they have survived all these years in the cold weather? They don’t mind, I wouldn’t worry about heating it up for them, a normal bird bath should do just fine.
Good Luck
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Who wants to drink warm water? It doesn’t matter why you put it out, they will still bathe in it if it is there, they don’t know what’s good for them.
If you are going to make one, however, make sure the water is more cold than it is warm, that should be ok for them, but I would still urge you not to, I know you care, but they really don’t need it.
Interesting idea from an engineering standpoint, but if you are in a cold climate, won’t all the birds that bathe fly away for the winter?
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