Rain and Birds
by Sinéad
Will someone let me know when it stops raining in Ireland? I feel like it’s been going non stop since last year.
The increase in rain fall over the Summer might have something to do with why there aren’t any small birds visiting my garden any more. Cold and rain equals less insects, so I wonder if that has meant they’ve moved on or the chicks didn’t survive to Autumn. Though the crows and magpies certainly are benefiting, they’ve been knocking our full bird feeders over and gorging themselves. Cheeky buggars.
I wish the sparrows, finches and robins would come back to brighten these dreary days.
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It has been relentless, hasn’t it. There’s a blue tit and some finches that hang out in the apple tree outside my window, but they’ve made themselves scarce this last week or two. Still, at least they can live above ground level.
Didn’t we have almost a month of lovely weather not too long ago? At least in Limerick I’ve seen lots of blue skies in September and Oktober. Maybe I just experienced it that way because I’m a foreigner who expected it would rain all the time. ;)
I don’t think we ever expect rain and are always so suprised by it. Odd odd country.
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