How to Keep Bird Baths From Freezing

A birdbath placed on your lawn or in your garden can provide you with hours of bird-watching entertainment. But if you live in colder climates, it is necessary to winterize your bird bath to keep it from freezing over.

Birdbath
Birdbath de-icer

Instructions

- 1
  Ensure that you have a birdbath that can be left out year-round. Many metal birdbaths, such as decorative copper baths, are best stored indoors during the winter.
- 2
  Plug in your birdbath if you have a self-heating model. Self-heating baths feature thermostats which will activate the heating function when the temperature dips.
- 3
  Determine whether your birdbath can accommodate a de-icer, an electrical heating unit that is separate from the bath itself. Metal baths and ceramic baths could be damaged by de-icers; plastic baths usually work well.
- 4
  Install a de-icer. De-icers can keep a birdbath unfrozen even if the temperature dips to 20 degrees F.
- 5
  Check on your birdbath daily in the cold months to ensure that the heater is still functioning, and that ice has not formed.

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