Remembering Rex 3

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Trust me. Birds take baths. They have to keep their feathers clean and cool off in the summer.

But they take their baths in private because they are so vulnerable. On any given day, a bird has to find enough food to survive one more day and avoid attention so that they are not eaten themselves.

So finding a secluded pool of water is important. They are taking a risk. Here is an indigo bunting, a gorgeous dark blue summer resident that Rex McDaniel found bathing in 2013.

Click: indigo bath.

Photo/graphic by his friend Chuck Cooper. 

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