Although mourning doves are quite common in our area, I found this particular one to be especially beautiful, and therefore my reason for sharing.
While perched on a tree limb (aka Dove Bar) in my backyard, this beauty and her mate chose to entertain us daily by cooing and coaxing us to add more seed to their feeder. But as time went by, our HOA requested we remove all feeders due to a rise in the rodent population, and the fear of bears. And although it was tough to accept, we complied and removed them.
Since then we now enjoy them and their gentle cooing whenever we walk at Carrie Blake or Pioneer Park, or on my computer.
However…the hummingbird feeders stay!
A gorgeous photo of the dove. Mother Nature’s attention to detail is amazing!
Thank you Sandy, and yes, Mother Nature did a beautiful job with these birds!