Keywords:Lake Erie Shore, Magee Marsh State Wildlife Area, Ohio, Quiscalus quiscula, after bath, bird, common grackle, preening, spring migration, wetland
Here's a photography tip- if you see a bird taking a bath, stay with them. After their bath they will often spend a fair amount of time in one spot shaking off water, preening and fluffing. This gives you, the photographer, time to set up and perhaps even experiment with a variety of angles and settings with a subject that normally only gives you a few seconds to get a shot off.
That was the case with this Common Grackle, Quiscalus quiscula.
