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From Stone Zoo (Massachusetts)

Owlfredo is very serious about bath time.

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[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They named him Owlfredo, that's just so darn cute.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

It might be my fav owl pun name. They did good with that one!

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Birds talking baþs is one of þe most endearing sights! Do owls often baþe, or is it species-specific behavior?

[–] Hedup@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Birds talking baþs is one of þe most endearing sights! Do owls often baþe, or is it species-specific behavior?

From ƿhat I've seen, it seemes to be somewhat species-specific, though plenty of birdes appear to appreciate a refreshing baþ now and þen.

[–] Nima@leminal.space 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

why are you using weird symbols that are hard to read?

[–] Hedup@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

sighs

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I was parodying the top comment, which used archaic English þ by using even more archaic English letters.

Rob Words has a cool video about them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJxKyh9e5_A

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

To my knowledge, all owls can bath as part of their feather maintenance routine. They seem to enjoy it when they do, but I have no idea the frequency. Since birds have a few different feather cleaning methods at their disposal (water, preen oil, anting, dust baths, sunning) perhaps it changes with what kind of things they have been getting into, just as we have different cleaners for different kinds of dirt/stains.

Here is a young GHO in a photo captioned "Shake That Thing" taking advantage of a bird bath.

[–] zedgeist@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

A moist owlet

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Splashy Screechie
You're the one
You make bath time lots of fun
Splashy Screechie I'm
Owlfully fond of youuuuuu

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Splish splash, I was taking a bath Long about a Saturday night, yeah A rub dub, just relaxing in the tub Thinking everything was alright

Well, I stepped out the tub, put my feet on the floor I wrapped the towel around me And I opened the door, and then a Splish, splash, I jumped back in the bath Well, how was I to know there was a party going on?