How to Prepare Birdbaths and Birdhouses for the Winter

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Using birdbaths and birdhouses to add color and beauty to your backyard is an excellent idea. These items draw birds into your backyard that help to turn it into the beautiful sanctuary you enjoy so much during the spring and summer. Now that fall is here and the weather is turning cooler every day, you don’t want to forget about them.

Check your birdhouses to make sure they’re in good shape and sturdy enough to hold up through the winter snow, ice and winds. If any of them are already occupied by some of the birds that stick around during the cold weather, it would be best not to disturb these. Doing so could scare the birds away and they’ll need to search for a new home. On the other hand, birdbaths are a whole different story. Many people don’t realize how important a birdbath can be to the birds in cold weather.

It can be difficult for them to find water in the winter and birdbaths can be the perfect solution to this problem. But unfortunately, many of them can’t be used during the winter. They are designed shallow to make it easy for the birds to use but this means they will freeze over easily. Many of them will also crack and break from the cold. If you can’t put water in your birdbath during the winter, then you’ll need to clean it out and store it until spring. If it’s too big or heavy to move, you may want to consider covering it.

If you have a heated birdbath or one that you can install a heater to, then you can keep these filled all winter and ensure the birds in your backyard have plenty of water. You can also consider using a bubbler or de-icer to keep the water from freezing in other types of birdbaths, as long as they won’t be damaged by the cold.

Fall and winter can be a difficult time for birds and they need shelter from the cold and a water source. Many of them don’t make it through the winter but you can make a difference. This is the time of year when your backyard accessories can become a place of survival for the birds. All you have to do is keep the houses in good shape and the birdbaths filled.

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