Just a reminder to keep checking on birdbaths and refreshing water supplies in this freezing weather. 
It's so cold! My garden bird baths have been frozen solid for the last few days. I've had to make several trips out with the kettle every morning (brrr!) to melt the thick ice. It's clear from the response just how much the birds appreciate this - once I've got the water lukewarm I put my hand in and give it a loud splash about, and this brings lots of curious beady-eyed feathered faces near for a closer look. :hi:
The robin has quickly got wise to this routine and is always first in for a nice warm bath! There are few sights more pleasant on a frosty November morning than that of a cheery robin taking great delight in having a long, thorough splashdown and ruffle-up in a steaming warm bath hanging at eye-level in a tree just outside the kitchen window. o
Sparrows, starlings, tits, blackbirds, thrushes etc. all seem very grateful for the water and have been flocking to the dishes in far greater numbers than usual to bathe and drink, so I guess many other local water sources are frozen over.
Don't forget the water, folks! :t:
(P.S. When I say the water was steaming, I don't mean I left the baths full of boiling hot water! It was only steaming because the air temperature was so cold in comparison - the water was just lukewarm or very mildly warm, so it didn't freeze over again too quickly.)
It's so cold! My garden bird baths have been frozen solid for the last few days. I've had to make several trips out with the kettle every morning (brrr!) to melt the thick ice. It's clear from the response just how much the birds appreciate this - once I've got the water lukewarm I put my hand in and give it a loud splash about, and this brings lots of curious beady-eyed feathered faces near for a closer look. :hi:
The robin has quickly got wise to this routine and is always first in for a nice warm bath! There are few sights more pleasant on a frosty November morning than that of a cheery robin taking great delight in having a long, thorough splashdown and ruffle-up in a steaming warm bath hanging at eye-level in a tree just outside the kitchen window. o
Sparrows, starlings, tits, blackbirds, thrushes etc. all seem very grateful for the water and have been flocking to the dishes in far greater numbers than usual to bathe and drink, so I guess many other local water sources are frozen over.
Don't forget the water, folks! :t:
(P.S. When I say the water was steaming, I don't mean I left the baths full of boiling hot water! It was only steaming because the air temperature was so cold in comparison - the water was just lukewarm or very mildly warm, so it didn't freeze over again too quickly.)
