I've had an interest in birds from boyhood. Not so much that the term "birder" applies to me, though. Getting to the point of building a heated bird bath was an incremental one. First, it was plant a few sunflowers in the garden "for the birds." Then, put up a feeder, then a bird bath "for the birds." But winter is coming, the water will freeze; it needs to be heated. After checking the cost of what was available at the bird supply stores, I decided to build one.
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