The Oriental Magpie Robin is a common resident in Hong Kong. A couple of days ago, I saw a male bird enjoying a bath in a small pond. I thought he looked very cute.
The sun was very hot that day. The Oriental Magpie Robin came to a small pond to cool himself down.
He “jumped” in the water within seconds,
and had a big splash around!
When he was satisfied with the wash, he found a sunny spot to enjoy a sunbath.
I couldn’t believe my luck when I saw this picture as I had caught the occurrence of the Nictitating membrane on camera!
The Nictitating membrane is a translucent inner eyelid in birds which moves across the eye to protect it when underwater. I have read about it before but this is the first time I have actually seen it.
3 comments:
Z pewnością bym bardzo szczęśliwy,że mógł się ochłodzić. Był tak zajęty kąpielą, ze nawet Twoja obecność w pobliżu mu nie przeszkadzała. Widziałam kiedyś ptaka z okiem jak na Twoim ostatnim zdjęciu i myślałam, ze mu się coś stało, a teraz już wiem, ze to wewnętrzna powieka. Dziękuje i pozdrawiam z Polski.
:-) zapomniałam dodać , ze zdjęcia są oczywiście śliczne. Jeszcze raz pozdrawiam
A great series of photos. I became very familiar with these birds on my trips to Southeast Asia. Wonderful birds.
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