Today I saw an ovenbird bathing and drinking among mossy stones by the woodland spring. It felt like a privilege to stand quietly and watch it do what its ancestors have done for countless generations, as if there were nothing new under the sun. #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #SpringMigration

(Note: they're called ovenbirds not because you put them in the oven but because the shape of their nests reminded people of old fashioned baking ovens)