Birding in the Rain

I’m birding in the rain

Just birding in the rain

What a glorious feelin’

I’m happy again

I’m laughing at clouds

So dark up above

The sun’s in my heart

And I’m ready for Loons

Let the stormy clouds chase

Everyone from the place

Come on with the rain

I’ve a smile on my face

I walk down the lane

With a happy refrain

Just birding‘,

Birding‘ in the rain

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Yup, yesterday I was birding in the heavy to pouring rain. For 90 minutes I put up with the ugly conditions in Alaska because on a small lake (the Minnesotan in me would call it a pond) I watched my third species of loons ever seen in my life, two Pacific Loons. You can see the impact of the rain drops on the water’s surface in most of the images. Why did I stay outside and get wet? I hoped the loons would eventually swim over to where I was hiding. They did! I was singing in the rain!

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Pacific Loons (video links for email subscribers: one | two)

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