Nothing beats playing in cool water in a mid-summer day. And no one knows it better than the water birds.

Some yellow bitterns were caught pleasingly playing in a park in northeast China's Shenyang City.

As common wetland bird species, the yellow bittern is widely spread in eastern and southeastern Asia. But it is difficult to find them in their favorite reed bed habitats.

(Photos via VCG.)

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