In the Kruger Park‘s Lower Sabie Rest Camp, on the way to the reception office, there’s a bird bath and fountain well frequented by a wide variety of birds, including beautiful Greater Blue-eared Starlings like this one. But you’re not really supposed to get out of the bath looking worse than you did before getting in, are you!?
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Splish-splash, I was taking a bath…
Splish-splash, I was taking a bath…
Splish-splash, I was taking a bath…
Splish-splash, I was taking a bath…
Greater Blue-eared Starling looking quite wet
DeWetsWild 
I remember the splish splash song. 😅 That last photo is hilarious.
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Glad you enjoyed it too, Sylvia – I had a good chuckle myself!
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Be happy… smoke bungy? That song? Wha ha HA!!
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Dis dalk nog n beter liedjie om te neurie as die een wat in my kop gedraai het – ek sal moet gaan luister!
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😉 Dis my weergawe… 🙂
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HAHAHAHA!!! Those bright yellow eyes staring out with a startled expression is priceless.
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😀
I bet he’s hoping no-ones watching!
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… and yet here you are spreading his shame on the internet 😆
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His mother warned him against people like me!
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wow, such an amazing colour, great pics
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Thank you, Julie! They’re a special kind of beautiful.
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Definitely
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Thank you
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Lag!
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😀
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Certainly does a thorough job of splish-splashing!
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And he wasn’t fazed by us watching him either!
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Beautiful! I love the end result. 😊
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Thank you, Pam!
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Definitely made a thorough job of the splish splash. Have just taken a listen to Bobby Darin singing this most appropriate song – what fun 🙂
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Genuinely the first thing that popped into my head while watching the birds bathing!
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Die starling het ‘n pragtige kleur! Mooi aksie foto’s
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Hulle is soos geveerde juwele, Aletta. Baie dankie!
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I absolutely love action photos like this!
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Thank you, Anne. I had great fun taking these!
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Ha, ha. He may look worse but he’s got beautiful colors!
janet
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The “glossy” in their name is definitely well deserved!
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What a beautiful color this bird.He does look a bit rumpled after his bath but I think he may have achieved his purpose in taking a bath any little bits of dust or parasites will be washed out and off.
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Quite right, Anne, and apart from the cleanliness he sported afterwards he was also much cooler – always welcome respite on a hot Lowveld day.
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haha! Oh, I have my Bobby Darin’s Greatest Hits CD ready to play! Fantastic, Dries! Oh, dear. That poor bird. What a hoot!
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Thanks, Lois! Luckily it was a hot day and he looked his best again soon after.
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beautiful colors, then wet and different.
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Like one of those make-over shows on television.
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How funny! But that is a pretty starling!
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The glossy starlings are striking for sure, Deb
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What a gorgeous bird! 🙂
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They certainly are, H.J!
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