Yellow-rumped Warblers Bathing

Even when you are sick and heading back home you can still do some birding. I have a head cold and took my oldest to school and then headed back towards home. However, I had to stop when I saw birds flying over the road just around the corner and noticed then taking a bath in a small puddle by the curb. Yellow-rumed Warblers were streaming in for a splash.



Sometimes they would bathe in groups and some arrived alone, wetting their feathers and preening for a minute or two before heading back to foraging.



"Hey, guys! The water's perfect!".



I love to watch birds settle in for a bath. They just bend their lags and kind of roll into the water.



Then they just shake around with their head held high. Splash, splash!



A couple females find a puddle all to themselves.



There was a constant stream of birds coming and going. Hard to decide where to focus.



It almost looks like it is raining but this was just leftover water from the storm quite awhile ago.



You have to really tilt to get those neck feathers wet.



Or just dive all the way in!



"Give me that look again and will smack you, so help me..."



"I warned you!" •!Smack!•



The ripples settle quickly and provide some nice mirrored looks.



I could have stayed there all morning if it wasn't for this head cold banging on my sinuses...