Bird Sun Bath by bmac62

Photography • Animals • posted on May 22, 2009

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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. ZOOM for details. Thanks for any and all comments, Bill:)

Comments (38)

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bimm3d

3:56AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

wonderful birds you have!!! gorgeous photo!!

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npauling

3:59AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

What a great capture to find him posing for you like this. He looks as if he is wanting you to take his picture.

sampanna

4:13AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

Beautiful!

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ledwolorz

4:13AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

Wonderful photo.

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drace68

4:25AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

Wonderful to find him with the flight feathers spread,

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Rainastorm

4:47AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

Cool to catch him in just that moment! WOW! You have done awesome!

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mairekas

4:49AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

Very cute little bird! Great image!

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Matt_The_Samurai

5:02AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

Awesome capture !

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Fred255

5:06AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

Very cute! You were lucky to get this shot! Very well done!

vlaaitje

5:07AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

what a gorgeous image with so much details

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jendellas

5:09AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

I like the way his head is tilted & looking up as if to say, "picture taken?"

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durleybeachbum

5:47AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

Marvellous! You are a master at garden birds!

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timtripp

6:02AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

EXCELLENT

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morningglory

6:04AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

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.

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GBCalls

6:19AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

Awesome capture!

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deweygg

7:59AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

Excellent image!

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tennesseecowgirl

8:26AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

In full view I am amazed by his feather they are so beautiful they almost appear to be painted on...

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MrsRatbag

9:07AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

Fantastic capture!

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RobyHermida

10:13AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

Beautiful work.

frankie96

10:38AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

Only dead mites are good mites...interesing the way they do this...and a great shot..as always..

skipper62

11:41AM | Fri, 22 May 2009

As you always do, great shot. Colors are excellent and the mites are dead. Yee HaA.

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lyron

1:08PM | Fri, 22 May 2009

Just beautiful!!

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moonrancher

2:28PM | Fri, 22 May 2009

Wonderful! Looks like we're two feet away.

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flavia49

4:53PM | Fri, 22 May 2009

Stellar!

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MagikUnicorn

5:22PM | Fri, 22 May 2009

Holy CoW....Your best one so far... (Fav)

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goodoleboy

5:38PM | Fri, 22 May 2009

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.

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