--- title: Bird Photobombs Weather Report in Blooper Video description: The weather in San Francisco was rainy with a chance of massive birds canonical: https://time.com/5104069/bird-photobombs-weather-report-blooper/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-16T16:14:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:46.715Z og:title: The Weather Is Brought to You By This Photobombing Bird og:description: The weather in San Francisco was rainy with a chance of massive birds og:url: https://time.com/5104069/bird-photobombs-weather-report-blooper/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt792965f299f5da71/6988f84f8fd2eeb41135a562/bird.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1536 og:image:height: 864 og:image:alt: Bird og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Weather Is Brought to You By This Photobombing Bird twitter:description: The weather in San Francisco was rainy with a chance of massive birds twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt792965f299f5da71/6988f84f8fd2eeb41135a562/bird.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Weather Is Brought to You By This Photobombing Bird With Impeccable Timing > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 16, 2018 4:14 PM UTC  by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 16, 2018 4:14 PM UTC The [weather](http://time.com/4996778/weather-blooper-bbc/) in San Francisco was a little out of the norm last week—cloudy with patches of sunshine and a chance of a giant bird looming over the entire city. At least according to the weather report delivered by meteorologist Mark Tamayo. Tamayo was attempting to do his job and report the weather on San Francisco’s KTVU, when he got a [surprise](http://time.com/4874658/news-blooper-spider/). Just as he cut to the station’s weather camera perched on a hill overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, a bird popped by to inspect the camera. As Tamayo addressed the at-home audience, the bird’s seemingly giant head peered over the side of the camera and he photobombed the segment. Tamayo handled the bird’s visit like a pro, though. Instead of cracking up laughing or letting loose with an expletive, he calmly told his producers, “I might need a little more time for this weather segment just because we have a little visitor.” As soon as the bird cemented his legacy in the [photobombers hall of fame](http://time.com/4521380/pop-dog-photobomb/?iid=sr-link3), where he joined a [stingray](http://time.com/4231235/stingray-photobomb-proposal-pictures/?iid=sr-link6), [Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau](http://time.com/4442419/justin-trudeau-wedding-shirtless-photobomb/?iid=sr-link4), and a [blessed dog](http://time.com/4521380/pop-dog-photobomb/?iid=sr-link3), Tamayo got back to the weather report. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5104069/bird-photobombs-weather-report-blooper/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5104069/bird-photobombs-weather-report-blooper/"},"headline":"The Weather Is Brought to You By This Photobombing Bird With Impeccable Timing","datePublished":"2018-01-16T16:14:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:46.715Z","description":"The weather in San Francisco was rainy with a chance of massive birds","url":"https://time.com/5104069/bird-photobombs-weather-report-blooper/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt792965f299f5da71/6988f84f8fd2eeb41135a562/bird.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt792965f299f5da71/6988f84f8fd2eeb41135a562/bird.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bird","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5104069/bird-photobombs-weather-report-blooper/","name":"The Weather Is Brought to You By This Photobombing Bird With Impeccable Timing"}}]}] ```