This Morning Outside

by Diane Porter

June 30, 2014
Birdwatching Dot Com
Fairfield, Iowa

A female Baltimore oriole beats the heat with a soak in the birdbath. As the feathers clump and separate, you can see that the gold on her breast feathers is applied only at the tips, while the inner region of the feathers is gray. Gold paint is expensive. Nature doesn't waste it where it won't be admired.

© 2014 Diane Porter

—Diane Porter

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