Blue tit with wet feathers drying in the sun

Some times after work I enjoy an afternoon at the cementary or the park nearby for some birdphotography. On one of these numerous trips there I found this blue tit sitting on a branch and drying its feathers in the sun. It tried several moves to get dry again and used the last sunrays of the day to get dry and warm again. They only have the wind and the sun to get dry after a bath, we humans could easily grab a dry blower or a towel to get dry after a bath but birds have to rely on the wind and the sunrays. So in the evening it might already be dangerous for them.

Blue tit with wet feathers. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Blue tit drying its wet feathers in the sun. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Funny how they look when they have wet feathers, a little bit grumpy. :-) Picture: Florian Glechner.

moving the wings and other parts of the body helps to dry faster. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Wet blue tit in the sun. Picture: Florian Glechner.

For me this was the perfect subject for some pictures. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Feathered friend drying in the sun. Picture: Florian Glechner.