Bird Sun Bath by bmac62
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Description
First title: Drying Feathers.
Second title: Bird Sun Bath. See Morningglory's comment below.
This Blue Jay, which didn't appear wet, suddenly landed and spread out all his feathers as seen here. He stayed this way in the bright, warm sun for 2-3 minutes and then turned and began to preen himself. As Morningglory says below, this is the way that a bird gets rid of mites.
The entire operation took three to four minutes in the bright sun on my deck floor. The deck is a pretty safe place since it is a good eight feet above the ground.
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Thanks for any and all comments,
Bill:)
Comments (38)
wonderful birds you have!!! gorgeous photo!!
What a great capture to find him posing for you like this. He looks as if he is wanting you to take his picture.
Beautiful!
Wonderful photo.
Wonderful to find him with the flight feathers spread,
Cool to catch him in just that moment! WOW! You have done awesome!
Very cute little bird! Great image!
Awesome capture !
Very cute! You were lucky to get this shot! Very well done!
what a gorgeous image with so much details
I like the way his head is tilted & looking up as if to say, "picture taken?"
Marvellous! You are a master at garden birds!
EXCELLENT
Nice pic. Actually this is a bird sun bath, nothing to do with being wet at all. Exposes the mites on the bird to the heat....after this ritual they can usually be seen cleaning themselves quite throughly with their beak.
Awesome capture!
Excellent image!
In full view I am amazed by his feather they are so beautiful they almost appear to be painted on...
Fantastic capture!
Beautiful work.
Only dead mites are good mites...interesing the way they do this...and a great shot..as always..
As you always do, great shot. Colors are excellent and the mites are dead. Yee HaA.
Just beautiful!!
Wonderful! Looks like we're two feet away.
Stellar!
Holy CoW....Your best one so far... (Fav)
Ultra stellar sharp clarity, colors, lighting and textural effects in this remarkable composition, Bill! Love the pleated repetition of the feathers in the wing and tail.
That is class!!!
Great shot nice blue jay!
Super shot. I've heard that they do that to get rid of mites. Wonderful capture.
I love the look of his wing, looks like a fan!!