BirdOfTheDay, theme 'TheGathering'

Catherine21

Nest in our backyard a few years ago

Beej Cat ⓥ 🌱🐝🦉🐦‍⬛🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦☮️11

They have become my favorite. They’re just precious, so calm and polite.😇

GeekyGenie8

There is one that perches on my open window sill once a week. For years…

tiptoetulips.bsky.social7

The mourning doves who enjoy our feeders are like sheep, easily startled. This morning, the doves were startled & took off so abruptly that they frightened a squirrel. Such chaos!

Sad Eyed Lady5

Morning Doves have a nest in the eaves above the window behind my desk. I love hearing them cooing.

Quiltvampire5

We call them church ladies, can just imagine a little purse tucked under wing while they walk along the sidewalk

Керрі Світ🇺🇦🇨🇦🇩🇰🇪🇺4

Mine too. Their feathers look so soft and velvety, and I love to watch them walk across the lawn searching for seeds, with their little heads bobbing. And of course the coos!

Kathryn Lucht4

They truly are "harmless as doves". Such darlings albeit a little slow to react. 💕

Angela Marie Morton4

I love the sound they make. It reminds me of my childhood - I would hear them on warm summer mornings through my bedroom windows. 💗

barbarajune4

I have a family in my courtyard 😎

gotchaimages.bsky.social3

This is Doris and her wee birb (last year). Doris and Morris return to my yard every year…they are wonderful 😎

tripowkow.bsky.social3

I like them, but they hog my bird feeders and won't let any other birds eat.

HexaPebbleSeed2

my cats love to watch them through the window - their version of soap operas?

🤍 LA Montana 🦨🗝🎧🐈‍⬛2

Mine, too. Here's a pic of our visitor last week.

MountainWaterMoon🕉️2

I know a smize when I see one ☺️

lyn-lynette.bsky.social2

I wish my hair did that. Stunning 🕊️💜

cirroccojones.bsky.social2

You had better luck than the guy with the Crown Victoria who parked under a nest of pigeons.

gloriousruby.bsky.social2

It's still the largest atrium I have ever seen at a zoo. Love that all the birds fly freely.

brownkimble2024.bsky.social2

Beautiful bird. So glad you got this shot. I can't stop staring at it.

gbcooper.bsky.social2

The Santa Barbara zoo has a flock in there very friendly and outgoing, so it’s fun to check them out close. I’m glad you got a chance to.

Larry2

That is a pigeon?? Glorious 😻 thank you for the wonderful photo

💙Ctnative Michelle 🌻🌻 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸💙2

What a breathtaking bird! Thanks Charlie

GoodTroubleMaker 🌊💙🦋 ☮️2

She's got her eye on you.

Rob Crank Photography2

Beautiful close up capture Charlie.

thisbe25.bsky.social2

Beautiful close up photo! So delicate looking. And the focal point of that searing red eye makes it truly a work of "crowned" art by Mother Nature! Thank you for sharing this. Kudos!👍

Ralph2

Somehow Redshanks in a Row doesn't have the same ring a Ducks in a Row.

Steve Brady2

I seem to remember an article about the Florida Bay grass flats that showed that the grass around similar poles sticking up out of the water there showed increased grass growth around the bases of the poles. Turns out the bird droppings from the roosting pole sitters was fertilizing the grass below

𝒥𝒶𝓋𝒶𝒥𝒶𝓃𝑒2

Bloody good shot Alan !

dsm-5 gum2

now this is what I like to see when we talk about filling the frame, great shot

Marjo Slingerland-Boks2

Wozzers Alan, what a stunning photo ❤️ and wonderful themes. Ohh and ofcourse a good morning for you and Sam dear friend☕️☕️✨️

Soph05712

Hey you - you good today? Witnessing a night of collective punishment directed at people associated with an identity rather than an individual act is so last century and deeply distressing (for me anyway). Holding you in mind today

Margaret Hill3

The whole scene looks ripply. Down to their feathers.

Bob Clint2

It's so serene they don't even look like gigantic ectomorph dinosaurs...much...