Soaked & Wet

N. Cardinal (F)

We had some stormy days the past few days, rained heavily that floods have been affecting several regions of Georgia. Where I live it rained quite a bit also making all creeks and ponds loaded and near overflowing.

Poor birds had to fight strong winds and down pouring to get their meals. In simple words the creatures were soaked & wet of getting so much water on them. I know that all birds have a natural waterproofing substance on their feathers but only to certain extent. Most birds I saw were dripping water. For some birds such as: Brown Thrashers, A. Robins and N. Mockingbirds was a feeding bonanza because worms were all over the muddy ground. It’s ironic!

C. Grackle

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Will the Robins stay?

On February 21st I wrote about the American Robins that had visited my backyard for the first time since I moved to Georgia and I hoped that they stay in this area to see them more often. Well, a bunch of them were here again, under heavy rain and gusty wind I saw them pulling worms from the ground near the creek.

I believe that at least twenty individuals ran from one place to another pocking the wet ground. Most birds were wet for the obvious reasons. I just wished there was more light, it was gray and dark. Despite the circumstances I was able to get a few shots of the robins, images that I’m posting today.

American Robin

These poor Robins are soaked and wet but very busy getting worms from the drenched ground.

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Heavy rain

Yesterday after having a beautiful afternoon with sunshine and soothing warmth the weather came downhill from that point. Started raining normally first and all through the night it rained and rained! This morning still was raining and at moments was buckets of water blown by strong gusting winds.As I’m writing blog the rain has lost intensity and I’m just hoping that it would end. I can see a lot of big puddles of rainwater accumulated from last night and this morning.

Through my window I could see some birds despite the intense rain and wind:

  • Brown Thrasher
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • Field Sparrow
  • Eastern Towhee
  • Mourning Dove
  • American Robin
  • Song Sparrow

 

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Gray Sunday

Field Sparrow

Field Sparrow

This weather is getting so unpredictable, yesterday rained all day and night and guess what? Today’s the same story. It’s not that I’m surprised for the rain or anything like that, it’s because I was half way done waterproofing my backyard deck. :(It’s windy and wet but I took some shots of some birds trying to feed while other just take refuge from the rain, waiting for a break on the wind.Once the Spring is set normally will get more opportunities to get much better shots and the variety of species will increase and make it interesting.

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