Doves

[earthspirits]

 

This lovely mother dove built a nest in a bottlebrush shrub below our deck.  So as to not disturb mama and her little ones, I used a Zoom lens to photograph them.

Now that the babies are grown and have flown the nest, they and their parents still live nearby. The sound of their gentle cooing in the early morning and evening is soothing and very musical.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Known here as a collared dove. They are common around us and visit our feeders.

[earthspirits]

They're such gentle pretty birds.