On March 20, 2026, I spent time in the yard doing… what else? Photographing birds!

Im constantly amazed that birds want to enter water features and bathe in water that can’t be above 45 degrees! And it often doesn’t involve just standing in the water and getting a drink, it often involves fluffing feathers to the extent that skin is exposed to the water! The bird then resumes activities with wet feathers!

Here are a few of the intrepid bathers in the water features on this day.

As long as I’m on the subject of water feature users, I photographed these Pacific Tree frogs in their efforts to increase their population! (I thought being cold-blooded and immersion in cold water was supposed to reduce activity!)