Birds singing during rain indicate fair weather.
If birds in the autumn grow tame,
The winter will be too cold for game.
Bats.
Bats flying late in the evening indicate fair weather.
Bats who speak flying tell of rain to-morrow.
If bats flutter and beetles fly about, there will be a fine morrow.
Blackbirds.
Blackbirds’ notes are very shrill in advance of rain.
Blackbirds flying south in autumn indicate an approaching cold winter.