Saturday 27 February 2010

Bathing in the Rain

It may have been raining for hours but a back garden slowly disappearing under water was just the place for a quick wash and brush up for the Starlings.



 No sound as I forgot to switch the external microphone on. It took a while to persuade the camcorder to focus on the birds as it preferred to record the rain running down the window.

8 comments:

  1. And there I was thinking it was wet here.

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  2. My lake isn't as big as the ones you have there - and no otters spotted here either ;)

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  3. You just gotta love these birds. Never shy to seize an opportunity.

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  4. Hello Keith. The Starling may well be a common bird but it is always up to something - a born survivor.

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  5. We've had a long winter John and there doesn't seem to be any end to it.

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  6. Goodness! That is your lawn??? I shall expect to see Ducks and swans on it next :) Great piece of video. I also enjoyed the Blue Tits checking out the house again on the previous post, they sure are choosy!

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  7. Hello Jan. My lawn always goes like that when there is significant rainfall. Some of the land around me is 18 to 24 inches higher so I get the run off and, of course, the ground is saturated anyway. Fortunately the building is a reasonable amount higher than the lawn.

    I did have a duck on the pond for a short while a couple of years ago.

    As I write this a Blue Tit is dithering back and forth again but not going inside the box.

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  8. True Roy. Plenty of rain for Sunday and I see snow symbols on one local forecast for next week.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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