[From the looks of it, yeah, they were pretty close to getting neck-in-neck, but he wasn't going to admit that.]

Keep dreaming!

[He looked back at the birds, shielding his face with an arm as the green shook off.]

Hahaha! Oh, if we keep out of the rain they should be okay, but they'll need some place warm and dry when this is over so we don't have two sick birds on our hands!

[And he joined her at the tree, leaning and rubbing his upper arms.]

Same goes for you! You're soaked.