collared dove

Peek-a-boo between the twigs.

Tourterelle turque - Streptopelia decaocto - Collared Dove

I'm not sure if I told you, but before I went to Oz I bought a new pole feeder, which my home help offfered to come over and top up occasionally. Well here's a Collared Dove sitting on top of it. TTTW

As I'm now about to begin the last section of my Australian trip, I thought it time to start adding in a few of the pictures since I returned home. So this one is taken back at the beginning of February when Storm Ciara came, bringing some snow with it. Collared Doves aren't an everyday...

Collared Dove

They are beautiful birds but in large numbers like I have here take a large amount of my seed.

I agree with you on the young Woody Mali. No excuses but several doves in the same vicinity threw me off. Cheers mate.

Have a great weekend y'all.

Discovered I had a better shot of the Collared Dove.

Next day I drove across the top of the Bay to Martinez to explore some hiking terrain and museums I'd never been to before. Much of Martinez is oil refineries, so driving by on the freeway there's not much that appeals to one to pull out and visit the place, but it does have some truly...

A period of very poor light in the latter days of December. These doves still manage to make themselves look attractive though, don't you think. I'd not seen one for ages, and the next one I saw was about a week ago... too briefly for a picture though. TTTW

SF. No I haven't laid an egg.

Have a great weekend y'all.

Also taken this morning on a feeder in my garden