Birds in the rain

[tonyturley]

A rainy day always brings out the avians.

 

[TraamisVOS]

I have some questions:

(1) It's nice that there are so many bird houses/feeds out for the birds. Are these all in your neighbourhood?

(2) Any idea how these bird feeds are able to keep the seeds dry in the rain? It looks like everything is soaked in there.

(3) Did you take your camera into the rain or had the rain stopped?

 

[tonyturley]

These are in my front yard, so I'm able to stay in the house and use a telephoto lens. The rain was coming down steadily, which you can see in a couple of the images. The birds tend to eat the seed so fast that it getting wet isn't an issue. I do clean the feeders from time to time to make sure mold doesn't get a foothold.

 

[TraamisVOS]

These are in my front yard, so I'm able to stay in the house and use a telephoto lens. The rain was coming down steadily, which you can see in a couple of the images. The birds tend to eat the seed so fast that it getting wet isn't an issue. I do clean the feeders from time to time to make sure mold doesn't get a foothold.

They're all your bird houses/feeds? Nice! Love this.

 

[drd1135]

That’s right, you have that new tele-zoom. I really like 5 and 7.

 

[TraamisVOS]

I have a question - you must have a fair number of birds visiting your yard every day. Does this mean that there is a high likelihood of bird droppings that you have to deal with?

 

[tonyturley]

I have a question - you must have a fair number of birds visiting your yard every day. Does this mean that there is a high likelihood of bird droppings that you have to deal with?

Not really. You do see droppings directly around the feeders, but it's never been an issue.

 

[TraamisVOS]

Thanks. I want to set up some feeding stations at my place too but when I did my magpie project at a previous address a few years ago, them magpies left quite a few droppings about at that house.