Bird of the Week Challenge - 4th May: wet wet wet

21 posts / 0 new
Last post
Holly
Holly's picture
Bird of the Week Challenge - 4th May: wet wet wet

Fantastic captions and photos last week everyone, I had a good laugh!

This week, with all the rain around on the east coast we would have the theme of: wet, wet, wet. So show photos in the rain or birds that love the water.

 

Reflex
Reflex's picture

This Duck enjoyed a bit of a splash about.

Samford Valley Qld.

robwill
robwill's picture

A duck that decided to come out of the water to see what all the fuss was about.

Not shy. by robwill4, on Flickr

Rob. 

Chris 333
Chris 333's picture

"Go on - knock on the door and see if they'll lend us an umbrella...."

We lived in that shed for two years, back in the late 1980s, while I built the house that I took the photo from.  Ah, The Good Old Days....

Reflex
Reflex's picture

The rain didn't appear to make any difference to this Crimson Honeyeater.

Samford Valley Qld.

Chris 333
Chris 333's picture

Reflex wrote:

The rain didn't appear to make any difference to this Crimson Honeyeater.

Lovely shot. Really effective wet look.

ungb
ungb's picture

This Silvereye appears nonplussed by the wet weather.

Wanda
Wanda's picture

One very wet Kookaburra

mpb
mpb's picture

These guys certainly love the water. Had no idea what it was when it shot past the first time.

Mark

Devster
Devster's picture

Love the Kooka Wanda, he looks very miserable indeed.

WhistlingDuck

Thats a classic of the Kookaburra Wanda 

Looks like rain... but just the swan splashing about.

Chris 333
Chris 333's picture

 Wanda, another "like" from me too - that's a great shot of the wet kookaburra.  Could it even be possible to look wetter or more cheesed off ! 

Whistling Duck, that's an enviably good swan shot too. It's probably not too hard to freeze a little bit of water splash but to get that much, and in such an effective way, is amazing. 

ungb
ungb's picture

Great shot Wanda. No mind reader but I think he is pleading for a blow dryer :)

Reflex
Reflex's picture

I took this a couple of weeks ago as it was just about to land in the water (undercarrige is still up).They may look a bit akward on the land but quite an agile, elegant bird when flying. 

Samford Valley Qld.

WhistlingDuck

Chris 333 wrote:

Whistling Duck, that's an enviably good swan shot too. It's probably not too hard to freeze a little bit of water splash but to get that much, and in such an effective way, is amazing. 

Thaks Chris333 I was pleased with that one

WhistlingDuck

Currawong likes water too

Rick N
Rick N's picture

Musk Duck having a nice splash.

Chris 333
Chris 333's picture

It might seem a bit odd, but until a couple of weeks ago I'd never taken any pictures of ducks and water. Just the regular birds around our house. So I'm probably the only person here who could still be surprised to see how incredibly accurate the old phrase "water off a ducks" back" can be.  I watched this duck immerse itself several times and emerge with feathers that still looked completely dry as the water simply rolled off again.  

Nice to find out that, at my advanced age,  I can still be entranced by simple natural things.  Ain't nature wunnerful....  :-)

Wet duck or just 'wet-look' dry duck?

davethewonder
davethewonder's picture

This Adelie is a bit wet after a chilly dip at sea! 

Dave, Sydney. 

Araminta
Araminta's picture

She was taking a bath and didn't mind the rain either.

M-L

ungb
ungb's picture

Too cold, too wet, two birds ...

Topic locked
 and   @birdsinbackyards
                 Subscribe to me on YouTube