Not much to say about Wednesday’s weather other than it was wet and cold. I'm tempted to say things can only get better but perhaps that’s just wishful thinking.
I was chatting to my friend Graham on the telephone yesterday and looking out through the window at the rain falling beneath the magnolia tree. It sort of crossed my mind that there weren’t many birds about and at first I thought that they had all found somewhere dry out of the rain. Then I spotted a kestrel perched on a branch in the magnolia tree.
No wonder there weren't any birds around. They didn’t fancy being an afternoon snack for this kestrel sitting on guard in the tree. I think it’s a female and she wasn't in too much of a hurry to disappear. She remained in the tree for almost an hour before flying off to try to find a meal somewhere else.
A pity about all the raindrops on the window which blurred the pictures but maybe she wouldn't have been in the tree if the weather had been drier. Maybe she was sheltering.
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Wonderful, it's certainly having a good look round. We get quite a few kestrels around here, but I've never seen one in the garden yet. Another miserable day here. I think the rain is in for the week.
ReplyDeleteWow! That was a cloud with a silver lining.
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