A bathing bellbird

Yesterday morning I watched a bellbird bathing in the guttering of roof below my window.  When I reached for my camera, it flew off – fortunately into the tree outside my window where I was able to photograph it.

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Wet bellbird with dry friend
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Looking a little bedraggled
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Spin dry – note how the head stays almost completely still
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A little post-bath preening