Winter Heated Bird Bath Full Of House Sparrows
Back in November of 2017, we installed a heated birdbath out in the backyard near our feeders that are located right outside of our kitchen windows . This was the same feeder that we had in our house at Elmhurst but was in storage for a couple of years. It is a heated one that doesn't have a pedestal, so I've set it on a little table. Then about a year ago, I added a Water Wiggler to make the water move a bit . Turns out, the Wiggler, while great to keep potential mosquitos from using the bath, made it hard for birds to actually use the bath as anything other than a drinking fountain. Also, earlier this Winter, I came across this upgraded heated bird bath at Wannemakers and thought it would be a nice addition, but ultimately I didn't pull the trigger on it. For this Winter, I decided to just dump the Wiggler and plug in the existing free-standing bath in to keep the water from freezing. And for the past few months, I've watched a few curious birds c...