Here’s a bird bathing technique I had never seen before … until yesterday.
Sunday morning Jack and Sue Solomon led a Three Rivers Birding Club outing at Frick Park. We all hoped to see warblers but the birds were sparse and badly backlit in the treetops.
A passing shower halfway through the walk was just what we needed. When the rain paused, a few birds were at eye level. One of them was a Kentucky warbler who drew our attention by bathing on top of sumac leaves.
The hummingbird in this video is doing the same thing. Watch at the 00:37 mark when he uses a leaf like a bathtub. Who knew!
p.s. Click here to see what a Kentucky warbler looks like.
(video by RM Videos on YouTube)
How cool is that! Thanks for a new experience. Wish I could have seen it in person.
Hummers are quite enamored of this bathing technique. Used to hear about it all the time on Humnet.