If you happened to miss my previous post – “What’s Good For The Goose” – I shared a beautiful female Summer Tanager that had stopped in for a bath. Well, evidently a male Summer Tanager had been carefully observing her because shortly after she left he arrived and mirrored her every movement.

First, he perched on an overhead branch as he paused to make sure that all was safe.

Then, he flew down to the Cyprus stump at the top of the fountain for just a moment…

…and quickly proceeded to dart down to the rock that sits in the upper level.

Just as his counterpart had done, he wasted no time at all in getting in the water.

He did oblige me with a couple of pretty poses…

…but mostly, this guy was a busy bather! He did not sit still for long!

He splashed…

…and he splashed…

…and he splashed some more!

And when he had finished soaking his feathers, he launched out of the fountain and flew back up to the tree tops.

It truly amazed me how precisely this fellow followed the females actions. Seriously, go back and check out the previous post and you’ll see what I mean!

I guess the saying really is true, “What’s good for the goose, is good for the gander!”