Friday 13 February 2009

heat wave, pre bushfire



Only a day before the raging fires of Saturday 7th of February. These magpies are like a temperature gauge. They cluster along the front verandah with beaks open gasping in 40+ heat. We put a dish of water out and wonder what other cooling strategies are employed by other birds.

2 comments:

Sam Marwood said...

yep no one can cope with the heat. you think aussie animals can cope, but they struggle as much as us. So many pictures of people watering animals lately!

nattyj said...

Poor little Maggie's. They were really struggling over those days, just like us all!