Bathing – Feathered Photography

Bathing Wilson’s Phalarope

Yesterday morning at Bear River MBR I had several ‘firsts’ with Wilson’s Phalaropes. Bathing was one of them. (3 photos)

Double-crested Cormorant – An Irritating Inconvenience And Then A Bath

I love documenting bird behaviors, even the mundane ones. (13 photos)

Drake Blue-winged Teal Wing Flap

Showing off a little? (4 photos)

Yellow-rumped Warbler Preening And Acting A Little Nuts After His Bath

There must have been something in the water. (12 photos)

Bathing Vesper Sparrow – My Small Contribution To A Body Of Knowledge

Which provided a lot of personal satisfaction. (5 photos)

Bathing Tundra Swan

It was tough shooting yesterday morning at Bear River MBR.

Mallard Doing A Somersault And A Partial Barrel Roll While Bathing

Bathing birds are fast. Even larger birds like ducks are surprisingly fast while bathing, so fast that the observer is often unaware of what’s really going on. That’s where photography comes in handy.

Mallard Bathing Frenzy

The first test shots taken with my newly repaired lens.

Preening Yellow Warbler

And a lesson in paying attention to detail in my images.

Male Yellow Warbler – Fluffed Up, Singing and… Happy?

Here we go again. You know, that anthropomorphism thing.

Sopping Wet And Preening Yellow Warbler

Incredibly quick preening motions frozen in time by very fast shutter speeds.

Have You Ever Seen The Preen Gland (oil gland) Of A Yellow Warbler?

Or the preen gland of any songbird for that matter? Well, now’s your chance.

Yesterday’s Gray Catbird

My first decent catbird photos of the year.

Spotted Sandpiper – After The Bath

This may look like a typical wing stretch but looks can be deceiving and this one is.

Rockin’ And Rollin’ With A Wet Female Red-winged Blackbird

It certainly doesn’t look like it but this is actually an action shot.

Category: Bathing