Action and Reaction
This week is the second that we have rain daily, and sometimes by the intensity and amount of water resembles a wet monsoon!
All the streams are running full and fast and the soil is getting saturated creating big puddles everywhere.
Grass, all plants and trees are green already. Actually is the rain season for Georgia.
When it comes to birds, rain is secondary to their hormones and the instinct for mating. There’s a great deal of action going on in every species that frequent my backyard and feeders. Some are still looking to find mates (American Goldfinch) other birds are building nests (N. Mockingbird), some already have a nest and most likely have eggs to care (Eastern Bluebirds, N. Cardinals, Carolina Chickadee, Mourning Dove, etc,). Some birds already had some fledgelings (House Finch).
As you can realize, rain is the least item of their list of priorities. Let me tell you that the activity is as urgent for predators too, Cooper Hawks, cats, snake (yes!) Crows are prowling around constantly. The N. Mockingbirds are very busy at this time, always on the alert!
“The only peeve I have is the waste of seed on the part of the heavy rain.”
Photo Gallery
Text and photographs © HJ Ruiz – Avian101
H.J. Ruiz - Avian101 
Beautiful birds and interesting shots, thanks again!
That’s just another day at the office! Thanks Ashley! 🙂
What a busy time of the year, so sorry the heavy rain is spoiling things for you a bit. Loved the gallery as always.
It’s nothing that I can not handle Susan! Thank you! 🙂
Send some of that rain westward, please! We are starting to worry about fires already here in Montana – not good for birds or people! Loved your shots, as always.
I wish that you get rain soon! Nature will provide. Thanks Cindy! 🙂
Beautiful shots HJ!
Thank you Clare! 🙂
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Good action shots.
Thanks Tom! 🙂
We’re having snow every night. Truely troublesome for the birds. Great Photos — always love looking at them.
Thank you Judy! I’m sorry about the snow. 🙂
Well, it’s gone now. But, I tell you that last one nearly sent me over the edge and I like winter.
Great series of shots! It is a very busy time of year!
I hope you get a little dry weather and that we get a little bit of a warm-up. We have had record low temps! This year we seem to be having the “spring that isn’t”, and after our long, very cold winter, it is most frustrating!
Thank you Amy!
It’s been a weird weather for everyone so far this year, but it won’t top me from doing what I do! 🙂
Such wonderful photographs. And I, too, rue any waste of seed.
Thank you very much AB! 🙂
What a colourful gallery! Beautiful shots as always, but my love of blue makes my favourite the bluebird. 🙂
Thank you very much Jane! 🙂
Colourful and full of life. Great shots dear HJ… All my best wishes to you! Aquileana ⭐
Thank you so much dear Aquileana! I wish you the best too! 🙂
What a beautiful gallery of birds! You are so fortunate to see all these beauties right in your own backyard. It’s so interesting that the rain is a signal to them that it’s mating time 🙂
It’s just a convenience of having them “in situ” but, then you have to feed them and clean up after them! Thank you Carol! 🙂