TheBip
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:14 pm Post subject: I should be a wildlife photographer |
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*lol* Id need a much better camera though  Maybe one with a zoom feature! Yeah!
These are pictures of a Mourning Dove in my hanging birdbath
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toni
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Good picture Bip. I love to hear the mourning doves out back.
Many years ago a neighbor was raising doves, he either moved and couldn't take them with him or he died and his family didn't want them, so they set them all loose. I have counted as many as 2 dozen roosting in one of our hackberry trees at night. But they do sound nice.
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Frank
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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I can just make it out Bip, pity about the zoom  Are they an unusual sight around your garden?
Also I hope you don't mind but you whet my appetite for Mourning Dove pics so here are some from Flickr.
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TheBip
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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Not really unusual, but they are very pretty
We also get Cardinals, American Robins, finches (purple or house and gold), Carolina Chickadees, Downy Woodpeckers, Grackles, Starlings, Cowbirds... thats about all I can think of right now ^_^
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katsback
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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Bip,Well ive never gotten a bird that close, so good for you! Keep taking them , and a good camera always help!Main idea ,Enjoy it!!
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eileen
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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Your mourning doves look very similar to our collared doves. We have 'our' doves visiting the garden every day.
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TheBip
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Im considering moving the pole a smidgen closer to the house, I actually had to sneak (sneak so I wouldnt startle the bird ^_^) into the sunroom to take a pic, cause its a bit too far from the computer window
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