collared dove

Collared Dove

Through the window as usual.

Pair of Collared Doves in the joy of flight. Cropped to remove phone line, no other editing.

These two Collared Doves were enjoying the evening sunshine on my neighbour's fence. As soon as I stepped outside to fill up the feeders they flew down for food. I scattered some seed on ground for them which they duly ate. They then flew back to the fence, mated rapidly and then settled down to...

I've not uploaded a Colly for a while, so here's one from the garden the other day. Through the window as usual

collard dove sitting in a tree,seem to see a lot more of these birds these days

I happened to be catch these two Collys preparing to mate just now, so I thought I'd try to catch them in the act. What I mean by "in the act" is actually mating, the "cloacal kiss" (that sounds quite rude|=)|). Many images that I see of mating, aren't images of mating at...

I had a mate give me a lift yesterday to a place not far from here, where they sell all sorts of Bird goodies. They also have a feeding station, along with a small hide, so we had a half an hour in the hide watching a nice selection of birds coming in to the feeders. A pity it was dull and...

This Collared Dove has become extremely tame and every time I step outdoors now it flutters down to my feet to see if I have any seed for it. Cupboard love! Ron

This one was in a neighbours garden

A Collared Dove in my garden this evening. This bird is incredibly tame and will approach to within touching distance. I think my neighbours must have been feeding it! Ron

A Colly from the fence yesterday.

I've only just realised that I only uploaded one pic today (been busy), so here's a well-fed Colly from yesterday. At least one pair of these are nesting in the trees in the garden; I know because I've found 3 eggs shells over the last week. I've no idea if they've hatched (The Magpies are...

One of those pictures that I'm not sure about. I like the pose, but my cropping options were limited (a Pigeon to the right). Anyway, through the window as usual.

I thought that I'd give the birds from the Reservoirs a rest, and upload one from the garden the other day. Through the window as usual.

My garden lovebirds.

Seconds before mating these Collared Doves fed one another from their crops.

A Collared Dove in my garden with its feathers ruffled by the breeze. Ron