Firsts: IV Mourning Doves by ShadowsNTime

Photography • Animals • posted on Jul 19, 2008

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I heard this bird long before it ever showed itself in my backyard. Many people complain about the cooing sound these make but I love it. Another bird I have never seen until this past week. Two days ago I saw three of them, this male and female and another male...the two males were fighting over her and she was obviously ready to mate, flattening herself on the ground with tail raised in the air... Unfortunately the pics I took of that and the fight between the males didn't come out well. These birds nearly blend into the background with their color so I had to play with the color after cropping and zooming just to get them visible enough to show. I found this site for those who wish to hear the songs of the birds that I posted the last three days...and these birds are listed as city birds. http://www.learnbirdsongs.com/habitat.php?id=5 Thanks for looking and for previous comments!

Comments (19)

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DarkStormCrow

2:49AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Nice photography and capture, well done....

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emmecielle

3:03AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Very nice photo! :)

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furuta

3:38AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Cute. there are big birds and small birds together. lively and funny image. wonderful shot!!

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Eldeago

3:47AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Very cool capture M'Lady!

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SapUS59

3:50AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

excellent shot, they look very happy :-)

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B_PEACOCK

5:16AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Another cool shot Lynn. My dogs do not let to many birds in the yard so I only get them on the fence taunting the dogs LOL

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farmerC

6:11AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

You birds fotografie is fantastic.

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GBCalls

7:32AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Glad you are enjoying the new. This bird seems to be such a well blended set of colors that I cannot get a crisp capture. They are one of the easiest birds to call close, using your cupped closed hands and sending a forceful breath of air past your thumbs into them, whilst opening one set of your fold of fingers like an instrument to mimic the cooing. Another easy one to whistle and call is the tit mouse, also the jay responds well to short bursts of a high to low pitch whistle. The dove will sit tight if alone. The best photo I have of them is on a window sill nest on the barn. Keep a watch and a log and you will be amazed how many different birds visit your feeder. Well done, have fun

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timtripp

7:36AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

super shot!

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ShadowsNTime

7:38AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

coo coo cool!

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virginiese

7:41AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Nice shot of these birds Lynn.

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busi2ness

9:02AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Strikingly well matched with the ground colors!

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e-brink

11:45AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Nice one, Lynn. We get doves on our chimney tops in the morning sometimes. I hate it when it when all this cooing comes down the chimney (especially if I've only just gone to bed). It acts like a loud speaker. We use to have a nest of Jackdaws up there - they kept the doves away, but they seemed to have moved across into the cliffs and crags on the other side of the river.

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