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our rescued ducks like the rain but the chickens will get soggy. ducks are pretty much waterproof

Anecdote time!

Our rooster refuses to stay dry when it rains, unless it is literally freezing.

He’s a big ol’ motherclucker, and the closest he gets is jumping on the grill, which is half under a tree so that big drops don’t hit him direct when it’s coming down hard.

If it’s a regular rain, he just goes about his business after about fifteen minutes of what seems like bathing, where he fluffs up and flaps his wings while stomping and then preens for a bit. Then, he just hunts for bugs and happily clucks when he finds them. Sounds like a popcorn machine.

I have a balcony with bushes, and hummingbirds always perch on the inner twigs to get out of the rain, eschewing their usual dogfights around the feeder.

In my anecdotal experience, some birds stay out of the rain and others don’t seem to care. Crows don’t seem to care, but the finches (or whatever the smaller birds super common around here are) tend to take shelter.

Probably depends on the bird.

Many birds live all year round in cold, rainy environments. Their bodies developed to be able to handle it, so either they are kept warm by their feathers or they shelter in warm places.

Other birds, such as toucans, are native to tropical environments and would probably be very unhappy in the cold.

my macaws hate it

Can’t speak for the cold but many birds like water because it keeps them clean/parasite free, and that’s why they bathe in bird baths and puddles.