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Sunday, October 12, 2025
Some Like It Cold
Day 365: Some like it hot. Some like it cold. I am in the first category, grateful that the installation of the replacement water heater went smoothly. However, my little avian friends seem to have been waiting for it to get chilly enough for a refreshing bath. This morning, the puddles were full of robins, juncoes and the occasional Song Sparrow (above), splish-splashing to their little hearts' content with the temperature hovering at 40 degrees. Yes, they've probably been waiting all summer for water sufficiently deep for their ablutions, but dang, guys! Can't you wait for a warmer day? The universal turnout always seems to come when there's a nip in the air, and with a bird's body temperature being 112 degrees, that's got to feel a lot colder to them than it does to us at 98.6. Birds! The originators of the "Polar Plunge," brave little creatures that they are.
Labels:
cold bath,
Melospiza melodia,
polar plunge,
puddle,
Song Sparrow
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