Derek Turner wrote in news:8nlsugF69vU1
@mid.individual.net:

On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 09:36:09 +0000, 'Mike' wrote:

Don't forget the bird's water. Ours is freezing hard and I am having to
break the surface on a regular basis.

Very unkind of to let just one bird drink

Merry Christmas!


Very good, I was wondering for ages what you meant.
Should have been birds not bird's?

Derek, were/are you a school teacher?

But yes it's a struggle to keep the water liquid but a neighbour swears
that they prefer the snow because of their natural instinct, and we have
snow, too much of it.
On the chance that he is wrong we take off the ice regularly but have not
noticed any birds drinking though there are Blackbirds in the garden.

Baz