Ok folks. Two days left on the Great Backyard Bird Count. Time to kick it into high gear. Most of the country (according to the plot map on the GBBC site) looks a nice pretty red; that is, lots of submissions. GOOD JOB!
I walked outside this morning and the day is overcast. For me, that means it may be a bit “squinty” out there until the clouds clear out. I snapped the fine picture above of a mourning dove just before its mate showed up and they started preening. Sadly, the follow-up photos were rather blah because the sky is completely blown out right now.
Mourning doves are a pretty common site around most parts, and easily spotted. They have a light brown to buff-colored overall appearance with black spots on their wings, a dusty blue eye ring surrounding a jet black eyeball, pink feet and dark beak. They do a lot of ground feeding, especially around my place, because my bird feeders aren’t large enough to support them.
Check out some more neat facts on these and other birds at the All About Birds website.
You really should consider sending some of your pics to birds & blooms Mo. They're wicked good!
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