Date: 2/6/26 6:35 pm From: Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] sunbathing, or I mean bathing in the sun
Dennis,
Maybe the clean living little buggers like to dry faster in the sunshine??
We had two of our resident three coots in one of our lakes taking
an extensive bath - in the sunshine today! They were really enjoying
themselves! Now the third was nowhere to be seen! Dirty bugger!
Good birding !
Hans
*Hans Feddern*
Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA
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On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 12:14 PM Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> Hello tweets,
>
> An interesting thing I have noted recently is how much birds like the sun
> to be shining on their bathtub. Yesterday, just as the sun hit the edge of
> our pond in the back yard, juncos appeared and started bathing in the sun.
> They are in the yard all day long (we must have at least 25 this winter),
> feeding and just sitting around, but seem to delay bathing until that time.
>
> Yesterday the pond was in the sun for an hour, and there was never a time
> when one, two, three or even four juncos weren’t taking a lengthy bath,
> usually at least 10 inches apart. As soon as the sun left the pond, no more
> bathing. It was really striking.
>
> Dennis Paulson
> Seattle
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