That doesn't prevent me from taking a bird picture.
The picture below shows the characteristic of a tapioca leaves, water repellent in the light drizzling rain.
Rain drops shine under a flashlight
Yellow-vented Bulbul flew away from a durian tree
A juvenile Bulbul caught under the rain on my neighbor's Pokok Longan
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) search for food in a monsoon drain
then flew onto a rooftop to dry it self
Barn Swallow still tough it out catching an insect
Grey overcast sky
A flock of juvenile Asian Glossy Starling does a fly pass, searching for dry shelter
Zebra Dove on a papaya stalk in the rain
Javan Myna in the rain