Bird Jacuzzi Livens Up Your Winter Yard
By Audra Heaslip
What happens to our feathered friends in the icy winter months? They freeze their tails off like everyone else! But now you can give them a haven right in your backyard — and liven up the drab winter landscape at the same time. API (Allied Precision) makes a 20″ heated bird bath (read: hot tub) that’ll keep water from freezing in outdoor temperatures down to -20 F.
With the included hardware, you can attach the plastic basin to a separate stone or plastic pedestal, or to a wooden railing up to a foot wide. Since a fresh water supply in the winter is vital to the chilly critters’ survival, you can keep the birds coming back all year by providing the H20. Next DIY: Installing bubble jets.
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January 29th, 2008 at 3:10 am
It’s a good idea, but the dish is too slippery and deep. The bowl should be shallow and not glazed as the birds can slip in, can’t get out, and drown or freeze due to getting too wet. Placing some rocks in the bowl can help.