Bird Sun Bath by bmac62
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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.
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Thanks for any and all comments,
Bill:)
Comments (38)
whaleman
Very well done!
debbielove
One of those...... of the moment shots! Brilliantly caught! You a getting really good at these bird photo's now, Bill. Way to go! Rob.
Richardphotos
very concise focus and a beautiful Jay
sandra46
stunning capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! really lucky to have that deck!!!!!!!!
flora-crassella
wonderful!!!!!
CavalierLady
Wow! Lucky you! I've seen other birds sunbathing, but never a blue jay! That is one cool shot! Well done, sir! You are really picking up this bird photography and stepping it up a notch!
auntietk
I've seen them have "dust baths" as well. Fascinating behavior!
mermaid
an awesome shot, Bill, gla you cathched it in this interesting pose