{"id":40073,"date":"2015-05-16T11:46:59","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T03:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/?p=40073"},"modified":"2023-06-24T17:15:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T09:15:26","slug":"white-breasted-waterhen-bathing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2015\/05\/16\/white-breasted-waterhen-bathing\/","title":{"rendered":"WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN BATHING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;On 19th November 2014, I discretely documented a private moment in the life of a White-breasted Waterhen (<em>Amaurornis phoenicurus<\/em>) from a quiet, concealed corner at a local pond.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WaterhenWB-bath-LeongTziMing-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WaterhenWB-bath-LeongTziMing-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Bathing Beauty\" width=\"590\" height=\"401\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WaterhenWB-bath-LeongTziMing-1.jpg 590w, https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WaterhenWB-bath-LeongTziMing-1-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Under the notion that no one was watching it, the Waterhen let its guard down and waded into the inviting water till waist-deep (above). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WaterhenWB-bath-LeongTziMing-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WaterhenWB-bath-LeongTziMing-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Bathing Beauty\" width=\"590\" height=\"401\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WaterhenWB-bath-LeongTziMing-2.jpg 590w, https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WaterhenWB-bath-LeongTziMing-2-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It then began the routine of flapping its wings vigorously onto the water surface (above, below), as well as dipping its head underwater.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WaterhenWB-bath-LeongTziMing-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WaterhenWB-bath-LeongTziMing-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Bathing Beauty\" width=\"590\" height=\"401\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WaterhenWB-bath-LeongTziMing-3.jpg 590w, https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WaterhenWB-bath-LeongTziMing-3-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you wish to take a peek at this bathing beauty frolicking freely in the water, a video clip may be previewed here: <\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"590\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ne9azMbklwU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the end of the bathing session, the waterhen appeared visibly refreshed and undeniably invigorated, just as we would after a cold shower!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Leong Tzi Ming<\/strong><br \/>\nSingapore<br \/>\n27th April 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;On 19th November 2014, I discretely documented a private moment in the life of a White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) from a quiet, concealed corner at a local pond. &#8220;Under the notion that no one was watching it, the Waterhen let its guard down and waded into the inviting water till waist-deep (above). &#8220;It then began [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":40074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,98],"tags":[167],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40073"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}