Fluffing Out After Bath

This was taken at the “water feature” at Montrose Pointe, Chicago.  The water feature is essentially a pipe someone in the Park District opens in the spring and allows a flow of Lake Michigan water to trickle out in the middle of a field.  Some birds prefer bathing here, nestled in the bushes, to bath instead of doing it 150 yards away on the Lake Michigan beach.  Here we have a Black-capped Chickadee enjoying its bath.