Date: 11/20/24 7:33 am From: Kate Olgiati <2grackle...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Water
We put out water too, also in a shallow bowl. Tip it out in the evenings
and refill with a bucket of warm water every morning. Reasonably popular
with all the small birds, up to and including the turkeys, as well as the
squirrels and raccoons!
kate
S Barnard
On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 9:31 AM Kathy Leonard <Kathyd.leonard...>
wrote:
> I’ve been putting out a sturdy dish with a modest amount of water (and a
> rock in it) for the birds and have noticed a number of birds taking a
> drink; chickadees, blue jays, titmice. Many days the water is gone before
> it freezes.
>
> I set it on a large flat rock in our back yard island of shrubs along with
> a handful or two black oil seed for ground feeders. This may not be doable
> for long, but with how dry it has been, it seemed worthwhile.
>
> Randolph Center
>
