A Comparison Of Doves With A Flower

Didn’t get too much time to shoot this afternoon, but did get a couple of decent shots of 2 different type Doves we have feeding in our backyard.

The first is the Eurasian Collared Dove.  I’ve also heard people call this the Ring Neck Dove. These birds are not native to the US, they were inadvertently released in the Bahamas in the late 1970′s or early 1980′s.

They are much larger than a Mourning Dove and just based on experience, compete for the same food source.

Eurasian Collared Dove On Fence

The Mourning Doves are considerably smaller.  In some states it is hunted as a game bird, while in others it is protected as a song bird.

Mourning Dove On Fence

And the Rose, has absolutely no relation to these pictures others than I was taking them at the same time I was shooting the birds.  We’re cutting about 6-10 Roses per day and still can’t keep up.

Pink Rose From The Garden

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5. Getting Better: Birds In Flight