Saughton Park during the heatwave.
Rugs laid out ready for a spot of sunbathing....
when a small ,still dark shape is seen in the distance...
is it dead?
on closer inspection, apparently not....
and it disappears into the bushes....
we go back to watching daisies....
until...
he preened
and flapped
then did a kind of look and preen combo...
and looked again
back to the job of preening
and more looking...
another quick preen
look, preen, look....(this is rivetting stuff...no?)
look....
still looking....
reverse and look (different perspective, see)
finally he gets to the grand finale
(or the grand fanning of tail)
Nonsense aside, this peculiar Blackbird behaviour is called "Sunning" - and here's a link :
http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/expert/previous/sunning.aspx
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