One has to feel for the poor little guys! (I was about to say that this is going too far, nature should be allowed to be wild etc., but then I glanced at the Warm and Well Fed Feline Society that surrounds me and realized I cannot cast a stone).
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"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")
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If I could them let inside the house I would! Of course I'd be divorced in short order.Aww...you should build them a heated birdhouse! Also, how do they find unfrozen water to drink?
I've thought about a heated bird bath but it would be a task to get a circuit to it.
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Maybe something for a nice sunday afternoon.If I could them let inside the house I would! Of course I'd be divorced in short order.
I've thought about a heated bird bath but it would be a task to get a circuit to it.
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It's supposed to hit 70 here on Sunday... after being in the 20s monday.
Going to have to give the relatives back in PA something to complain about
Sorry folks, but ditto. Been that way for about the last week.
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I've been dumping the water at sunset, and filling the bath with warm water at about 10 in the morning here in North Carolina. they have been feeding rather heavy the last few weeks, and I've caught them sitting on the bath when it's frozen over...did a lil google searching and there are tons immersable heaters, some rated down to -20 f...but you'd have to run a cord...wattages seemed to range from 50-150 or so...I believe food is a more pressing need in the cold, as seeds will have a certain amount of moisture, and as they peck for grit for their gullets to grind the seed, they will pick up some amount of snow or ice giving them some water there...If I could them let inside the house I would! Of course I'd be divorced in short order.
I've thought about a heated bird bath but it would be a task to get a circuit to it.
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Looks like it's too late to invent the solar-heated birdbath.
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We have a birdbath heater in the birdbath. The "circuit to it" is an outdoor extension cord going back to an outside outlet.If I could them let inside the house I would! Of course I'd be divorced in short order.
I've thought about a heated bird bath but it would be a task to get a circuit to it.
The birds have been very appreciative of it during this recent cold spell.
But it looks like that is over and today is the last day we will have below freezing temperatures for a while. Back into the low 60s by mid-week according to the forecast. Our furnace is finally catching up with the thermostat and we can turn off the extra heaters we had to place here and there.
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It would be a project for me to get an extension cord to my birdbath.
I don't worry to much about water for them. There is a pond about a half mile away and a spring fed stream that feeds it. Of course at the temperatures we've been seeing lately the pond is likely frozen over. The stream might still be running. We also have a couple of feet of snow on the ground. I know they will eat snow when no water is available, although they expend additional energy thawing it.
We're at 4 degrees F right now with a wind chill well below 0. We're expecting a heat wave though, tomorrow up to 17F, Monday in the 30s.
Woohoo!
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It’s not extremely cold here, but still a good excuse for https://instagram.com/p/Bdn_7ujgkqD/
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Here's something I meant to share a week or so ago, but never got around to it. While back home in Northwest Arkansas over Christmas, we went to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. I've been there a few times before, but this time I noticed a painting (and, in particular, its title) that seemed fit to be shared here.
If you're ever in NW Arkansas, I would definitely recommend Crystal Bridges. Even if you're not big into art, the building itself is pretty incredible, and with the exception of special exhibits, admission is free. Here are some photos I've taken there over a few different visits.
If you're ever in NW Arkansas, I would definitely recommend Crystal Bridges. Even if you're not big into art, the building itself is pretty incredible, and with the exception of special exhibits, admission is free. Here are some photos I've taken there over a few different visits.
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I have one of these plugged in on my front patio by some bird feeders... the birds love itIf I could them let inside the house I would! Of course I'd be divorced in short order.
I've thought about a heated bird bath but it would be a task to get a circuit to it.
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Really enjoyed the pictures Barrett especially the painting . Very interesting buildings .Here's something I meant to share a week or so ago, but never got around to it. While back home in Northwest Arkansas over Christmas, we went to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. I've been there a few times before, but this time I noticed a painting (and, in particular, its title) that seemed fit to be shared here.
If you're ever in NW Arkansas, I would definitely recommend Crystal Bridges. Even if you're not big into art, the building itself is pretty incredible, and with the exception of special exhibits, admission is free. Here are some photos I've taken there over a few different visits.
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Those work great Kevin . We have one for the cat we don't have as well as a heated bird bath . Neither one freezes up at -12F .I have one of these plugged in on my front patio by some bird feeders... the birds love it
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As I recall you named the cat. Remember, that means you do have a cat.
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I don't know what my Nonno would have thought of that Duck, Jack, but I doubt he would have enjoyed watching you take a bath!!A month or so before Christmas, the daughter of a close friend of mine was going to New York on a school trip (What happened to school trips?! My secondary school 'trip' was a visit to the local sewage works!waynorth ), whose Sicilian grandfather had passed through Ellis Island, and like many other Italian-Americans, had his surname arbitrarily changed. She clearly remembered the story because she brought me this rather odd-looking bath duck back from the Ellis Island/Statue of Liberty visitor centre.
Not knowing what else to do with it, I put the duck on the side of my bath.
The only problem is, now, every time I have a bath, I keep thinking of Charlie's grandfather!
Happy New Year Charlie C
It is touching that you remember him - just don't turn the Duck so it's back is facing you directly!!
That is a dire Sicilian insult - to you!!
Happy New Year to you and to your friend's daughter!!
Wealth and health to you both!!
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I don't know what my Nonno would have thought of that Duck, Jack, but I doubt he would have enjoyed watching you take a bath!!
It is touching that you remember him - just don't turn the Duck so it's back is facing you directly!!
That is a dire Sicilian insult - to you!!
Happy New Year to you and to your friend's daughter!!
Wealth and health to you both!!
Definitely not Charlie!
Thank you my friend