Do you have simple ways to provide food and water for yard birds and?

Kim30896378
by Kim30896378
Do you have simple ways to provide food and water for the yard birds and little critters over winter?

Our temperature just plunged from the 60s to freezing and the 20’s in one day. All my water bowls outside froze solid in a few hours.

  7 answers
  • My NC, Colorado and other friends in cold climates feed the birds year round. We all have "fly through" or house type feeders. They all live close to streams and creeks so supplying water is not a concern.

  • Fiddledd224 Fiddledd224 on Nov 10, 2017

    Even if it is very cold, you can still put bird seed and other treats out.

  • Fiddledd224 Fiddledd224 on Nov 10, 2017

    Put the birdseed on throw-away foil trays.

  • DesertRose DesertRose on Nov 10, 2017

    My mom used an old hub cap on a tree trunk to give water to the birds. Then she scattered feed in the yard by hand.

  • Castrang17 Castrang17 on Nov 10, 2017

    Buy a bird bath, add water, and add a heater coil made especially for water. This does require a electrical outlet and heavy duty extension cord but worth the enjoyment of watching the birds during the winter months. Add your feeding station close by. Happy Birding!

  • Ellis Ellis on Nov 11, 2017

    You can find bird baths/heaters in garden catalogs on the web. Otherwise, keep the water for the birds near the house, so you can get to it and give them some unfrozen water regularly. I like to use the plastic flower pot saucers for big planters, they're only a couple of dollars each in garden centers or Home Depot, etc. For feed, I use those little cages that you put blocks of suet feed in and hang on a low tree or shrub branch. The cages last for years, but be sure to wire them shut with a twist-tie--the squirrels are fiendishly successful at stealing the suet otherwise.

  • Fiddledd224 Fiddledd224 on Nov 11, 2017

    I use those throw away foil cookie sheets from the dollar store for bird seed and keep refilling them instead of bird feeders. I know squirrels get them (if they haven't hibernated) but heck they have to eat, too!