Bird Bath

The day was quite windy, but warm. It is 0 degrees C. Light dusting of snow. There is a road twenty meters away from the window. The road has not been cleaned for a while now and the heating hatches seem to be as holes in the snnow. I see the birds gather around one of these "wells". There is a little puddle on top of one of the metal hatches. Now it's all clear. Today is the bath day for the birdies. Great tits, sparrow, bullfinches. The cars passing by disturb the birds from time to time. But birds don't fly away. A second later they are back to frolicking in the water. The sparrows are especially insistent. There is not much water on the hatch so the birds try to pick up the water with the wings and splash it on top of the body. The bullfinches are more serious. They wade in the water and drink. The water is better to quench the thirst than the snow