Feathered Friday - Mourning Dove
Thanks to @keithboone for #featheredfriday
Caught this mourning dove in a tree in the late afternoon. Doves are quite common here in the northern California. We see them in the fields during the day and flying off to their roosts at dusk but don't often catch them in a tree like this.
Dublin, California. January 2019. All photos original.
Wow. Beautiful bird... And so close!
thanks. We were on a bridge overlooking a small stream so we were kind of up in the trees :)
We see them in our backyard all the time in my part of Texas. They love the black oil sunflower seeds that I put in my bird feeders!
Very pretty birds :)
Nice photo, especially the second pic...
second is definitely more artsy :)
Most beautiful they are @steven-patrick.
I loves the doves..!!!
(:
I have a few here. I put cracked corn out for them to eat.
Doves are beautiful birds
Lovely shots, what a pretty bird! I love the sound they make. Oh! I just noticed the second bird in the background of photo number two... that makes it even better! Great work, thank you for posting in Feather Friday! Voted and resteemed :-)
People seem to like photo number two. I zoomed through some branches. Sometimes I like that but usually I think oops that was a mistake.
Generally, I prefer not to have branches in front of the bird, but many times it can't be avoided. I certainly don't feel it is a distraction here. There is a tiny branch crossing in front of a part of the tail but it's almost invisible. Discovering the second bird in the background is kind of like finding an Easter Egg, it's very cool :-)
Great shots! If a hawk makes a pass at my bird feeder it is usually the mourning dove that he has for lunch. Maybe because they are bigger targets or slower than most of the other birds that come to the feeder?
thanks @melinda010100 maybe they are just more tasty ha ha Sorry I couldn't resist
That is probably it! 😃
Nice shots .....
thanks @rentmoney
Beautiful images @steven-patrick. Great composition and blurred effect in the second photo.
thanks @trudeehunter I liked that one too
Lovely shots. We have the mourning doves here in spring & summer. i see them usually in the driveway picking something in the gravel.
Nice to hear their mourning call.
thanks we called them rain doves when I was growing up
Sweet shots and what a beautiful bird
thanks @tattoodjay
most welcome my Friend