Running water will naturally attract wild birds to your yard. Fountains and sprays give them the water they need to bathe and drink. You can have clean drinking water available all year long with a heated birdbath. Wild birds can struggle to find clean water when everything freezes in winter. 
 
by providing clean fresh water during the long winter you can help the birds thrive. You also get the pleasure of watching the birds frolic all year long. Be sure to keep your bird feeder and heated bird bath separate. Bathing birds can be distracted by the noise coming from a feeder. Installing your heated birdbath under some branches will improve its safety. This will give them an escape route from any prowling cats. 
 
A battery or solar powered heated birdbath can be placed almost anywhere you would like in your yard. With an electric powered heated birdbath it will need to by placed near a power outlet. Heated birdbaths have many benefits. You will get a much longer life from a heated marble or concrete birdbath than one without a heater installed. Water left in the birdbath can freeze and melt all winter long which can produce cracks which will eventually leak. This can be avoided by keeping the water in your birdbath warm.
 
You can find heated birdbaths in a wide array of designs and using many different types of materials. Some of the more regularly used materials for heated birdbaths are marble, iron, concrete, copper, and plastic. Copper can give your garden a wonderful look, especially if you have other copper ornaments. The water bowl of a birdbath should not be greater than three inches deep with a rough bottom to give the birds a secure footing.