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You can almost consider fresh water to be a basic bird magnet. Because bathing and drinking are necessary portions of their lives, birds are naturally attracted to fresh water. Nature’s bird baths are simple puddles, and these have been replicated by man.

If you want to create a bird bath, find a simple round container that has a flat bottom, sides that gently slope and is no deeper than three inches. Make sure that the base surface of the bird bath is not too smooth. Otherwise, birds will not be able to secure their footing. You can add gravel to the bottom of the bird bath to ensure that birds will have better footing. Provide a shallow area of footing for the birds by putting in a few flat rocks.

If you are creating a bird bath during the winter, make the bird bath a heated one. Keep the water in the bird bath at a nice 55 degrees Fahrenheit with a 200-watt, 120-volt de-icer. A heated bird bath is especially good during the winter because it helps increase a bird's chances of survival. Birds need fresh and unfrozen water. If you add a heater to your bird bath, you are helping the bird population. Use a stainless steel guard as a shield to protect the birds from the heater.

A polyethylene coated aluminum sheath keeps the electric cord out of the water and can even be easily shaped by hand to fit all birdbaths up to a 10 quart capacity. An immersion style heater is usually rated for 200 watts at 120 volts and costs very little to operate. Snap acting thermostats are then used to keep the water at a nice 40 to 55 degrees with absolutely no TV or radio interference.

This heating appliance is of course waterproof and sealed tight in epoxy. The heavy-duty electrical cord also has a grounded plug and a short length so as to keep it off the ground. Heaters usually come with stabilizing brackets for use with shallow baths plus a hook and handle to keep the heater from being accidentally pulled into the bath. These appliances also come with a four-year guarantee from the manufacturer and its dimensions are seven inches long by one inch wide.