I’ve never seen an owl bath in person, but I’ve seen plenty of videos. Last summer, most of my hawks didnt mind a quick light squirt as I hosed out their aviaries.
Birds need to keep their feathers in good condition so they work properly. They will use their preen oil, dust baths, water baths, sun baths, even ant baths to keep themselves properly cleaned up.
I was just chatting with someone the other day, perhaps they take different baths to treat different types of grime they get on themselves, like we have dish soap, bath soap, hair soap, laundry soap, and so on.
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I’ve never seen an owl bath in person, but I’ve seen plenty of videos. Last summer, most of my hawks didnt mind a quick light squirt as I hosed out their aviaries.
Birds need to keep their feathers in good condition so they work properly. They will use their preen oil, dust baths, water baths, sun baths, even ant baths to keep themselves properly cleaned up.
I was just chatting with someone the other day, perhaps they take different baths to treat different types of grime they get on themselves, like we have dish soap, bath soap, hair soap, laundry soap, and so on.
I misread the last word as “ovaries” at first and was both appalled and thoroughly confused! 😆
I havent qualified on those yet! 😄