Are concrete bird baths safe

Stone bird baths will become a safe heaven for bathing birds in your yard with little effort on your part, due to the accessible ruggedness of the surface.

Concrete bird baths are among the safest materials you can use in a bird bath. Its naturally rugged surface will provide a safe surface for birds to step over at a steep or shallow incline, yet the hard concrete surface with pockets of crevices are easy to clean when going at it hard with a bristle brush.

Bird baths made in concrete are going to provide you an heavy duty surface that will allow you to go soft or hard on it, without fear of damaging the bird bath surface.

Why that matters is because when making a concrete bird bath safe, it will need to be cleaned in hot soapy water; before going hard on it to scrub off any mold or algae that would develop before your cleaning schedule.

Concrete bird baths can stand what you throw at it too, and that includes using a heated device to starve off a freezing bird bath in winter.

Concrete bird baths do tend to be a little deeper than their metal or plastic counterparts, of which you can make your concrete bird bath a safer depth for wild birds - by simply adding a heap of water-safe pebbles on the water base.

How deep you'd want to make your bird bath water level is really just the one inch to make it safe for all size wild birds.

Rely on the ruggedness of a concrete bird bath to provide you a safe environment to allow birds to bathe or drink.

You therefore don't want to think about sealing a concrete bird bath while a smoothly painted concrete bird bath will become slippery-prone.

Do attract birds to your concrete bird bath by always making sure to clean it and changing the water; yet it won't hurt to utilize a moving water device like a fountain feature to make a static, quiet bird bath in to a noticeable noisy one.

Stone bird baths can withstand direct heat all year yet the harsh winter weather I'll admit, could risk cracking the concrete unfortunately, but it shouldn't be an issue for most of you - and more importantly, it won't be a safety issue for the birds.

Bonus rugged surface

How much a concrete bird bath costs you'd certainly think it would be super safe for wild birds to use, and in many respects a concrete bird bath is safe by default.

Well, one theory of mine in regards to a concrete bird bath is its safer than say plastic or metal birds baths are - is that the bird baths concrete surface is naturally rugged with no slipping - meaning it will benefit wild birds to step on.

Metal like iron or copper bird baths or more so novelty glass bird baths are finished in a highly smooth surface.

And in spite of concrete bird baths - or what you might call stone bird baths - being cast in concrete, as oppose to it carved in stone; concrete bird baths will be made with crevices molded deep or shallow into the concrete water bowl surface.

Its this ruggedness that certainly makes it safe for wild birds to perch, freely walk around and eventually allow birds to enter the bird bath water to both bathe and hydrate.

Rugged surface like this that is made in to a concrete bird bath will provide bonus footing to all size birds - in a way it will provide grip rather than a slippery prone smooth surface.

Concrete I believe is the best material for bird baths and therefore provides a safe way for all size birds - both young and old - to tread on the surface without fear of birds drowning due to slippery plastic, metal or novelty built bird baths.

Kept clean a must

Obviously any outdoor water source that is left unattended for a number of days or weeks will eventually show signs of poor quality water.

No getting away with cleaning a concrete bird bath either thus its vital you empty the water regular, to allow you to thoroughly clean the rugged surface of what I believe to be an easy to clean concrete bird bath.

Concrete bird baths are easy to clean because you can really go rough on the surface while scrubbing it with a hard bristle brush.

Unlike a plastic bird bath for example that could scratch away when giving it the same scrubbing treatment.

Keep your bird bath safe for wild birds than by cleaning it as often as you can.

Best way to clean a concrete bird bath is to soak it in boiling soapy water, before going at it with a hard bristle brush.

You'd need to empty the concrete bird bath to allow it to fully air dry outdoors. And before proceeding to pour in soapy water, you'd need to scoop out as much bird bath grime, algae or mold as you can.

Focus of cleaning a concrete bird bath will then be on scrubbing it until the concrete brightens up again, then you'll know you did a good job.

Concrete bird baths will naturally weather in due course, of which there isn't much you can do to stop this process. For now you can continue to clean your bird bath as often as you can to slow down the weathering process.

Heavy, easy to stabilize

What is remarkable about what must be a heavy cast stone or concrete bird bath, is it will of course be naturally heavy due to all that concrete used to make the mold.

Its because of this you can expect a concrete bird bath to remain steady where its placed in your yard - because a concrete bird bath is easy to stabilize.

In fact, concrete bird baths tend to have their own self-balancing act, whereby they will stabilize under their own weight.

Great then because the littlest of wind can cause a plastic or other lightweight material bird bath to be a nightmare... which doesn't exist with concrete models.

Why that is safe of course is because this concrete bird bath is unlikely to tip over, which could cause the bird bath to fall to pieces on impact, once it hits the ground.

Unstable bird baths will spill water of which you can't expect a concrete bird bath to allow water to spill as easy.

Birds are unlikely to be in any danger but its sure to cause a mess for you, with your concrete bird bath going in the trash.

If there is a little unbalance on your concrete bird bath you'd have no issues stabilizing it, as it would take just a small heap of sand or pebbles on the ground under the bird bath to help level up the base.

Conclude

Concrete bird baths are unlikely to cause you any issues when it comes to safety, it will need cleaning regularly like any bird bath material; though this rock hard, stable water source will sure make life easy on you and yard backyard birds.

Concrete bird baths are heavy and therefore, unfortunately if you do allow it to fall over, it will break apart under its own weight.

On the plus side, the concrete - which is sometimes reinforced with metal bars - bird bath will stabilize well under its own weight.

What the safest feature is of any resin concrete bird bath is its natural rugged surface.

Ruggedness anywhere around the bird bath water source is a guarantee wild birds are provided footing that has grips, as oppose to a slippery wet surface.

Clean your concrete bird bath with a simple hot soapy water solution, then proceed to shrub it with a hard bristle brush to preserve what will be a concrete surface that will, in due course, begin to weather naturally.

Stone bird baths on a stand that are far off the ground are sure to stay in a newer condition for longer, whereas a ground concrete bird bath is sure to deteriorate sooner.

None of this mind is a safety issue for wild birds when in fact people like the weathering effect, as it blends in with the environment its sat in.

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