Splish, splash, I was taking a bath

This was one of several American Robins that were flying from tree to tree around a small pond and sometimes taking a bath at the edge of the pond. They kept me entertained while I watched and waited, hoping to see at least one Beaver. Taken on 14 September 2014, in Fish Creek Park.

"The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. It is named after the European robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the Old World flycatcher family. The American robin is widely distributed throughout North America, wintering from southern Canada to central Mexico and along the Pacific Coast. It is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin. According to some sources, the American robin ranks behind only the red-winged blackbird (and just ahead of the introduced European starling and the not-always-naturally occurring house finch) as the most abundant, extant land bird in North America." From Wikipedia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_robin

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/american_robin/id