Planting for the Birds: Providing Cover

Planting for the Birds: Providing cover Essential to creating an Eden to which many species of birds are attracted is cover, places where birds can hide when startled. Birds will want to check out your feeders and baths from safe havens nearby. Shrubs and trees can fill this function. Likewise, rock walls or brick piles [...]

Can you cause the death of a wild bird by providing bird-bath water in sub-freezing weather?

It occurs to me that nature prevents bird from covering themselves with water in sub-freezing temps, by making most available water solid and unusable. If the bird use the bird-bath, will they fly away and slowly freeze their wings, etc. ???