A PIECE OF THE SKY TAKES A BATH

There’s a bird bath in our garden just outside the dining room window.

Many birds pause there to get a drink.

But the other day I caught a glimpse of

a flash of blue and a lot of splattering water. I realized it was a Lazuli Bunting taking advantage of the bath to get rid of some travel dirt.

These little birds look like pieces of sky on a brilliant day.

For a week or so in the middle of May we see them as they take a break on their migration north.

By the time I got my camera Mr. Bunting had moved from the bath to some brush where he could take a shower in the sprinkler.

It sort of reminded me of the Seven Dwarves when they decided to wash up for Snow white.

Now scrub good an' hard

It can't be denied

That he'll look mighty cute

As soon as he's dried

Well it's good for the soul

And it's good for the hide

To go blud-dle-ud-dle-ud-dle

Ud-dle-um-dum.

And then he was gone.