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Oriental White-eye and Cinereous Tit enjoying a passive bath

on 8th November 2018
Oriental White-eye – video grab.

An Oriental White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus) and a Cinereous Tit (Parus cinereus) were caught on video enjoying a passive bath. They were perching on a branch when droplets of water decended on them from a nearby birdbath where a few bulbuls were splashing around. The birds simply remained where they were and soaked in the drops.

Cinereous Tit – video grab,

Once their feathers soaked in enough water, they would naturally fluffed them, followed by a preening session.

Many birds do not take shelter when it rains, unless the rain is heavy LINK. This is one way of keeping their feathers in good condition. Other methods include water bathing, dust bathing, anting and sunning.

Lakshmi Ravishankar
Pune, India
26th October 2016

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YC Wee

Dr Wee played a significant role as a green advocate in Singapore through his extensive involvement in various organizations and committees: as Secretary and Chairman for the Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), and with the Nature Society (Singapore) as founding President (1978-1995). He has also served in the Nature Reserve Board (1987-1989), Nature Reserves Committee (1990-1996), National Council on the Environment/Singapore Environment Council (1992-1996), Work-Group on Nature Conservation (1992) and Inter-Varsity Council on the Environment (1995-1997). He is Patron of the Singapore Gardening Society and was appointed Honorary Museum Associate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) in 2012. In 2005, Dr Wee started the Bird Ecology Study Group. With more than 6,000 entries, the website has become a valuable resource consulted by students, birdwatchers and researchers locally and internationally. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of LKCNHM, the National University of Singapore or its affiliated institutions.

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