Not perfect photos as it was through the venetian blinds and screens, which is more or less the norm around here most days....
It is getting down to freezing temps. overnight now and the birdie bath gets frozen solid. They come as soon as the sun is shining and hop around all over it searching for tiny crevices or eventually making a little hole to get a sip.
It's pretty slippery and they fall around... feathers stand on end...they do the splits...look pretty awkward and probably even stretch things they don't actually want to stretch... slide around a bit more and then.... leave.
But, they come back often to check for open water as the day wears on and the temps. climb to acceptable numbers ...like +15C... it's great days right now ... oh, to have it last until December..hahahahhahahahhah ...oh, sorry, lost my mind for a moment there. As I'm sure you all remember, we have already had a huge snowfall to remind us of where we live. That 17 inches melted finally, and hey!..there was still green grass under it. Now it is more seasonable... like ...dying ...oh, alright, going dormant....and a bit more brownish with more coloured leaves on it and looks about ready for winter weather. Almost.
Click on them to see a bit larger and more detail will also be visible ..even if it is semi fuzzy...
4 comments:
Those are cool pictures. Yesterday was our first frosty day of the year. They have threatened us with bad weather but so far we have escaped it. Saw someting tiny bobbing around late evening amongst the flower pots. Looked carefully and realised it was the resident robin😀. He looked so cute. Obviously he is stuffing himself before the weather gets really bad.
Wow Vee, those little birds are having a good skate around the bird bath all right. It's amazing how it can be so cold there and here we're going into warmth. All the best, lovely to catch up :D)
There was snow on the ground yesterday morning but the temps aren't too bad as yet. It's raining today which I don't mind.
I always feel so sorry for the wee birdies when it's freezing and it's so hard for them to find water. I feel sorry for all nature's creatures when it's cold!
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