But on this day, there was no shine as tons of water came down, with only a few short breaks.
The sky was pregnant, and its water broke before millions of raindrops were born.
A fresh icy wind accompanied the rain, and several wind direction changes kept us guessing as to when the rain would stop. Even the birds were fooled when it appeared to stop during some intermittent short breaks, only to flee for cover when the rain started again. Some of the bigger birds did not even bother to flee, as they just continued in the rain to catch the surfacing worms that popped up from the soil in the lawns on our sidewalks. The weather forecast was that the rain would stop at 3 pm in the afternoon, but the rain took no notice as it simply continued into the evening, and I blame this on the sudden changes in the wind directions.
Let me show you what the birds do on a rainy day.
Just to give you an idea below about the rain that I am talking about.
Like I said, the bigger birds don't bother with the rain, as they just continue to hunt for worms.
Mr Crow defied the rain, as he landed here for a split second.
But even he decided to flee the wet conditions.
Now how is this for cleverness? the Cape Bulbul had the roof of a chimney over his head. I just hope that nobody would light a fire below that chimney. Lol.
Mr Mousebird was not so clever, as he sat hunched in the Acacia tree. I am often amazed to see how the birds can land between the thorns of that tree.
A pair of White-eye birds also landed in the tree and just don't ask me what they were eating.
Finally, not to be outdone, Mr Cape Robin-Chat also landed on the Acacia tree.
Like I said, birds have to eat before nightfall in order to survive, and they have become masters in the art of dodging the rain to eat. Not only was the light bad, but I was also hampered by the rain. But I made a plan to sit outside in the garden underneath our garage door that I raised up. It is a solid wooden door, and it formed an ideal parapet over my head. Unfortunately, the trees in the post were all that I could see as my vision field was very cramped. Nevertheless, I think that I did well under the conditions.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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