A dark day over here...

...so, let's see what I can get as there is always something on show.

Things started to deteriorate weatherwise during the morning, and I just knew that it was going to be a bad day.

Birds sit on high streetlight poles on bad weather days in order to have a better vantage point for protection against predators, for visibility, and for safety. So, what does that have to do with this post? I will show you a bit lower down.
Another funny thing was that we were expecting some rain, but even later into the evening, not a drop of rain came down. A typical cold wind was active tingling one's ears, with a sniffing nose, but that was just normal in this kind of weather, as we are after all now in winter. No snow on the mountain tops yet, but we can only hope to see some a bit later in the season, as it turns the valleys into wonder worlds.

I managed to get in two shots early morning, and this one below was of a Spurfowl walking down the road.

Here was an Egyptian goose daydreaming about better weather, girls, and sunny days.

Then the clouds started rolling in, and soon everything turned into darkness.

We took a drive to check the streetlamps, as I knew that the birds would rise to high spots.

I hit the jackpot, as first up were four European starlings on a lamp, with the ocean in the background.

A new one here below, as it was the first time for me to get an egret on a streetlamp.

Even a Hadida Ibis found a safe spot on a streetlamp.

This little sunbird sat up high and it was singing away.

So yes, the birds rise to sit on high vantage spots during bad weather, for safety reasons. The squirrels and other mammals hide in their safe spots, and the humans lock themselves inside their homes. Curried pancakes weather as some call it, and the wildlife also have food in their pantries. Everything works together in harmony, and I for one, wish that things could be the same every day.
But as usual not to be, as soon the sun will appear again, and restlessness will return with a vengeance. We are conditioned to allow our adrenalin to pump, as it powers us on to achieve our targets, and sitting in a dark and cold room for a period charges our batteries, without us even knowing about 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.

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