This is NOT a photo of a dead bird. This is a photo of a bird that is REALLY enjoying its dust bath. While photographing
birds near Shoreline Lake I noticed this Bewick's Wren taking a dust bath just off the trail. I had observed this behavior
before with Bewick's Wrens but never had a chance to photograph it. The wren seemed to enjoy the dust bath immensely
and spent several minutes in two different areas of the open space during the entire sequence.

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Whenever the wren was on it's back or side, it's eyelids were partially or completely closed.




Notice the small shadow on the wren from a piece of debris that's still in the air from its active bathing.









My wife loves the Bewick's Wrens in our yard and when I showed her this photo, she whacked me on my arm before I could
assure her the bird was not dead but in a blissful state. :-)














You can notice a slight blur in the head and neck of the bird as it's dusting itself.














Once again, notice a slight blur in the head and neck of the bird as it's almost completely on its back while dusting itself.