When you point a satellite dish straight up instead of at a satellite [assuming you aren't on the equator] (usually locked in place like that for inclement weather), it's often called "bird bath" for reasons that are probably obvious.
I used to work at a place that had a 14m dish and a bunch of smaller dishes, and when the Gulf threw weather our way, the guys would "bird bath" (used as a verb) the dishes.
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