{"product_id":"rays-handcrafted-copper-bird-bath","title":"Ray's Summer-Survival Copper Bird Bath","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Poppins:wght@300;400;500;600;700\u0026display=swap');.prod-wrapper{font-family:'Poppins',sans-serif !important;max-width:820px !important;margin:0 auto !important;color:#2b2118 !important;line-height:1.7 !important;font-size:17px !important}.prod-wrapper h2,.prod-wrapper h3{font-family:'Poppins',sans-serif !important;color:#2b2118 !important}.prod-hero{background:linear-gradient(135deg,#a2431b 0%,#c96a2c 100%) !important;color:#fff !important;border-radius:12px !important;padding:34px 30px !important;text-align:center !important;margin-bottom:28px !important}.prod-hero-icon{font-size:40px !important;display:block !important;margin-bottom:10px !important}.prod-hero h2{font-size:27px !important;margin:0 0 8px !important;color:#fff !important;line-height:1.3 !important}.prod-hero p{font-size:17px 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class=\"prod-hero-icon\"\u003e💧\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch2 style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003eHand-raised in a tin shed at Axedale, central Victoria\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#ffe3c8 !important;\"\u003eRay Kellett, seventy-four, forty years a sheet-metal worker. These are the last bird baths he will ever make.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-story\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In winter people put seed out. In spring they hang a nest box. Come January, when it is forty-two degrees and every puddle in the shire has gone, nobody thinks about water. And that is the one that kills them.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e— Ray Kellett, Axedale VIC\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-section-title\"\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-card-icon\"\u003e🪑\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe copper bowl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwenty-four centimetres across. Brushed copper finish with dark patina streaks — no two come out identical.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-card-icon\"\u003e📌\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe ground stake\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCentral stake with the cast scrollwork ring. Push it into lawn or garden bed and it stands firm.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-card-icon\"\u003e⚡\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNothing to assemble\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOut of the box, into the ground, fill with water. No tools, no fixings, no instructions to lose.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-card-icon\"\u003e🌿\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRay’s placement tip\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePartial shade, close to a shrub. Drop a flat stone in the middle so the bees can climb out.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-section-title\"\u003eWhy this one works and the pretty ones do not\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-card-icon\"\u003e🟠\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe copper skin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCopper naturally holds back algae and bacteria in standing water, so it stays cleaner between rinses. The worked surface also gives a bird something to grip — glazed ceramic never will.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-card-icon\"\u003e🌊\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe creek-bank gradient\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe bowl curves: barely a centimetre of water at the lip, deeper through the middle. Fairy-wrens and silvereyes stand in the shallows, wattlebirds and magpies wade into the centre.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-card-icon\"\u003e◯\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe rolled lip\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe edge is rolled over instead of cut off square. Solid footing for a landing bird, and a raised edge an insect that has gone in can climb back out over.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-card-icon\"\u003e👁\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe stake sightline\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeight is not decoration. Cats in this country kill birds in the order of a million a day. A raised bath with a clear line of sight is far harder to stalk than a dish on the ground.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-card-icon\"\u003e🥬\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo minutes a week\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSmooth inside, no corners, nowhere for algae to sit. Rinse under the tap once a week, top the water up daily through the hot months. That is the whole job.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-card-icon\"\u003e☀\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuilt for an Australian summer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMetal, not plastic that cooks the water and goes brittle, and not cheap ceramic that cracks in a hard frost. It is made to sit outside through a run of forty-degree days.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003e“People assume the hard season for birds is winter. In this country it is the opposite. What comes through our door in January is heat stress and dehydration, and a great deal of it is preventable. A shallow dish of clean water in a suburban garden is not a gesture. On a forty-two degree day it is the difference.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003eDr Marion Petrie, Ph.D.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem style=\"color:#cfe3d3 !important;\"\u003eAvian Ecologist · Goldfields Wildlife Rescue, Bendigo VIC\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-section-title\"\u003eMade for\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-perfect-for\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🌳 Back gardens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🏠 Front garden beds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🌴 Acreage and hobby farms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🏦 Verandahs and courtyards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e💰 Native and waterwise gardens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🎁 A present for a birdwatcher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e👶 Grandkids who want to watch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e☀ Heatwave-prone suburbs\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-section-title\"\u003eWhat you are actually buying\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"prod-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHand-raised, not pressed out by the thousand\u003c\/strong\u003e — the bowl and the rim are worked by hand, which is why the patina falls differently on every one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigned by watching, not by drawing\u003c\/strong\u003e — forty years of sitting at a window changing the depth and the rim until the birds actually used it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMetal all the way through\u003c\/strong\u003e — no plastic to go brittle in the sun, no glaze to chip.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSized for small birds first\u003c\/strong\u003e — a fledgling wren can stand in it without going out of its depth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe last of the run\u003c\/strong\u003e — Ray is closing the shed. There is no next batch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-guarantee\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e30-day money-back guarantee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePut it in the garden and watch what happens. Not convinced? Send it back within 30 days for a full refund. No questions.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-note\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA note on the finish.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every bowl is worked by hand and the copper patina is applied by hand, so the streaking and the depth of colour vary from piece to piece. Outdoors the finish will keep moving over the first seasons and settle darker. That is the material doing what copper does — it is not a fault, and it is the reason no two of Ray’s baths look the same.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-section-title\"\u003eThe details\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"prod-specs\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCopper-coated metal, hand-applied polychrome patina\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBowl diameter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eapprox. 24 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBowl profile\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCurved — shallow at the rolled lip, deeper through the centre\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDetailing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCast scrollwork ring below the bowl (a bird and a flower)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMounting\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCentral ground stake for lawn or garden bed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncluded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1 × bowl, 1 × ground stake\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAssembly\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone — push in, fill, done\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTop up water daily in summer, rinse once a week\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMade by\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRay Kellett, Axedale, Victoria\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinal production run — while stocks last\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Handmade by Ray Kellett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59251223200092,"sku":"BG-RAY-BIRDBATH-AU","price":44.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0903\/4081\/9292\/files\/bb-au-a1.jpg?v=1790171586","url":"https:\/\/backroad-goods.com\/products\/rays-handcrafted-copper-bird-bath","provider":"BACKROAD GOODS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}