Some of our birds are still playing the mating game so late in Autumn.
This guy excitedly flared, as his girlfriend came past. She is there at the bottom of the picture, and sadly I could not get her also into the full frame.
It had been raining 30 minutes ago, but now the rain has stopped, and sunlight flashed through the gaps between the departing clouds. This is one of the best times to be outside, as the air is filled with fresh auras and the birds emerge from their hiding places, full of new life.
I love the smell of damp earth, and nothing can bring that smell out as good as rain can. So, with a spring in my step, I wandered about, and will share some of my views here with you.
The girlfriend disappeared, and I think that she wanted to play a game of hide and seek, as you can see the Cape Robin-chat fellow sitting now and peeping around.
Evidence of the rain as the Periwinkle flowers were covered by the raindrops.
A lovely old window frame, with the little shutter boards made me look twice, as I thought that I saw a movement.
Yep! And there the movement appeared, as it was a little Southern Double-collared sunbird checking if the rain had wet his suit.
A lovely look at some raindrops on the flower of a "Christ Thorn Cactus" in our garden.
Now here was another Southern Double-collared sunbird, sitting on the top bar of a sliding gate.
He was watching me and decided to give me a nice pose.
"All aboard", the crow train driver was shouting, as he was anxious to leave the station.
Like instantly closing a tap, this is how our rains take place lately. One moment it is raining, and the next moment it's not. But one has to be careful, as quite often I get caught out thinking that the rain had stopped, but then one water-laden slow and lazy cloud comes wandering over wetting me to my skin. Especially when I am happily walking around in the freshness, clicking away at some sights like you see in the post here.
But I don't mind, as it is fun to be outside, and you can see the result. Sights like this put me in a very good mood, and a bit of wetness is not going to spoil it.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
Thank you kindly for supporting this post.
I'm guessing your camera equipment is waterproof then :) It's much better to be soaked and cool than suffering in the heat!
The birds look so happy about the nice weather :)
!PIZZA !ALIVE !LOL
This post has been manually curated by the VYB curation project
@papilloncharity! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @ wrestlingdesires. (10/10)
The tip has been paid for by the We Are Alive Tribe through the earnings on @alive.chat, feel free to swing by our daily chat any time you want, plus you can win Hive Power (2x 50 HP) and Alive Power (2x 500 AP) delegations (4 weeks), and Ecency Points (4x 50 EP), in our chat every day.
Hahaha, my camera has its own umbrella, me! You can say that again, as the rain cools things down very nicely.
It is the way of the birds after the rain that puts their song into my heart ❤️
!PIZZA !LOL !WINEX
lol, I'm glad you are able to keep it dry.
Yeah, watching them when they're happy is a joy :)
!PIZZA !ALIVE !LOL !PIMP
You must be killin' it out here!
@wrestlingdesires just slapped you with 1.000 PIMP, @papilloncharity.
You earned 1.000 PIMP for the strong hand.
They're getting a workout and slapped 1/1 possible people today.
Read about some PIMP Shit or Look for the PIMP District
@papilloncharity! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @ wrestlingdesires. (2/10)
The tip has been paid for by the We Are Alive Tribe through the earnings on @alive.chat, feel free to swing by our daily chat any time you want, plus you can win Hive Power (2x 50 HP) and Alive Power (2x 500 AP) delegations (4 weeks), and Ecency Points (4x 50 EP), in our chat every day.
Experience my friend, as I had some serious problems with wet cameras, when I started to take photos long ago.
That's just the thing, as they are always happy. I wish all humans were like them :)
!PIZZA !LOL !WINEX
Wow, I thought you would have a waterproof case, with as much time as you spend around water!
I've seen birds get irritated before, just like humans 🤣
!PIZZA !ALIVE !LOL
@papilloncharity! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @ wrestlingdesires. (4/10)
The tip has been paid for by the We Are Alive Tribe through the earnings on @alive.chat, feel free to swing by our daily chat any time you want, plus you can win Hive Power (2x 50 HP) and Alive Power (2x 500 AP) delegations (4 weeks), and Ecency Points (4x 50 EP), in our chat every day.
Nope, after 8 years down here now, we are used to the abundant water.
I think that every breathing thing on this planet can get irritated from time to time 😜
!PIZZA !LOL !LUV
wrestlingdesires, papilloncharity sent you LUV. 🙂 (4/10) tools | trade | connect | wiki | daily
Made with LUV by crrdlx.
$PIZZA slices delivered:
papilloncharity tipped nicolas.carreiro
papilloncharity tipped claudio83
@papilloncharity(4/15) tipped @wrestlingdesires (x3)
wrestlingdesires tipped papilloncharity (x3)
papilloncharity tipped xsasj
Great Captures. Congrats.
Thank you kindly!
!PIZZA
@tipu curate
Upvoted 👌 (Mana: 41/51) Liquid rewards.
Thank you!
!PIZZA !LOL !LUV
claudio83, papilloncharity sent you LUV. 🙂 (2/10) tools | trade | connect | wiki | daily
Made with LUV by crrdlx.
Fabulous, photographs, dear, @papilloncharity 😄
Thank you and I am glad that you enjoyed the photos!
!BEER
View or trade
BEER.Hey @hiramdo, here is a little bit of
BEERfrom @papilloncharity for you. Enjoy it!If you like BEER and want to support us please consider voting @louis.witness on HIVE and on HIVE Engine.
That first shot is a once in a lifetime shot! Great capture!
Thank you, and I intend to agree with you.
!PIZZA and !LUV
xsasj, papilloncharity sent you LUV. 🙂 (1/10) tools | trade | connect | wiki | daily
Made with LUV by crrdlx.
Wow you have so many beautiful and colorful birds there :-)
Thank you for your witness vote!
Have a !BEER on me!
To Opt-Out of my witness beer program just comment STOP below
View or trade
BEER.Hey @florian-glechner, here is a little bit of
BEERfrom @isnochys for you. Enjoy it!We love your support by voting @detlev.witness on HIVE .
Oh yes, we are blessed with an abundance of wildlife here :))
!BEER
View or trade
BEER.Hey @florian-glechner, here is a little bit of
BEERfrom @papilloncharity for you. Enjoy it!We love your support by voting @detlev.witness on HIVE .
What bright and beautiful birds live there.☺️
There is song lyrics; All things bright and beautiful, and I think that it was written for this place !LOL
The sunbird has some really nice colors, and that beak looks highly specialized
Thank you, and I like his colors. The beak has a long straw shaped tongue inside, for the purpose of sucking nectar from the flowers.
!BEER
View or trade
BEER.Hey @litguru, here is a little bit of
BEERfrom @papilloncharity for you. Enjoy it!We love your support by voting @detlev.witness on HIVE .
In the same way, if we look at the life of birds, they are very intelligent and we also get to learn a lot by looking at their life.
Oh yes, I agree, and I said somewhere else that all humans should learn from the birds to be happy.
!LOLZ
Yeah you are right.