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Re: freezing bird baths
- To: goldencc@boone.net
- To: carolinabirds@acpub.duke.edu
- Subject: Re: freezing bird baths
- From: jpandjf@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 21:38:36 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Walt, in case your thought wasn't in jest, you'll definitely kill birds if you put sugar in the
birdbath. As a rehabber, I've seen case after case of well-meaning people allowing injured hummers
to get wet with sugar water. It completely ruins their waterproofing and ability to stay warm.
Salt would likely do the same thing, and it would make the water undrinkable and/or toxic (they use
water to get rid of excess sodium from their diets, among other things).
Janine Perlman
Hillsborough, NC