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Colquhoun
Champaign, IL
(Zone 5b)
May 26, 2008
10:33 AM Post #5004761
| Proud Mama and baby 
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pelletory
Marlton, NJ
May 26, 2008
1:43 PM Post #5005666
| Aahhh, very sweet! Thanks for sharing it with us Colquhoun! |
dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 26, 2008
2:32 PM Post #5005894
| Very sweet...thanks! |
OPbirder
Orchard Park, NY
May 26, 2008
2:35 PM Post #5005904
| Adorable. Looks like mama put on lipstick and eyeshadow for the photo op! So pretty. |
Mima56
Thayer, MO
(Zone 6a)
May 26, 2008
9:36 PM Post #5007768
| How did you ever get so close?? |
Colquhoun
Champaign, IL
(Zone 5b)
May 26, 2008
10:21 PM Post #5008012
| She is virtually tame.. They built the nest just outside our backdoor.. and with all our coming and going they have gotten used to us. In fact when the telephone guy came today.. she sat calmly while I moved her and her nest 5 foot.. so they could get to the box to work. |
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
(Zone 5b)
May 26, 2008
10:30 PM Post #5008070
| How sweet! |
Colquhoun
Champaign, IL
(Zone 5b)
May 29, 2008
8:26 PM Post #5022977
| Opps!, uploaded the wrong one.
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Colquhoun
Champaign, IL
(Zone 5b)
May 29, 2008
8:27 PM Post #5022984
| he is getting bigger 
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Colquhoun
Champaign, IL
(Zone 5b)
May 29, 2008
8:28 PM Post #5022989
| So sweet 
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Colquhoun
Champaign, IL
(Zone 5b)
May 29, 2008
8:29 PM Post #5022991
| My favorite 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 29, 2008
9:42 PM Post #5023471
| They are all great shots but the last one just stole my heart. Mama sure looks like she is smiling doesn't she?!! |
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
(Zone 5b)
May 29, 2008
9:52 PM Post #5023529
| Proud momma! That last one is a great shot! |
pelletory
Marlton, NJ
May 29, 2008
10:11 PM Post #5023641
| Wow the awwww factor is off the charts! Thanks so much! |
Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
(Zone 5a)
May 30, 2008
9:39 AM Post #5025495
| awwwwww is right. ha. wonder how much warmer that baby is with mom halfway on top like that. |
MargaretK
PERTH
(Australia)
June 1, 2008
6:16 AM Post #5034546
| What beautiful images, Colquhoun. Mum's trust has rubbed off onto the baby. There is no sign of wariness in their eyes. More! More! What type of doves are they? |
Resin
Northumberland
(United Kingdom)
(Zone 9a)
June 1, 2008
6:59 AM Post #5034644
| Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura.
The young one looks very nearly ready to fledge in that last pic.
Resin
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MargaretK
PERTH
(Australia)
June 1, 2008
7:29 AM Post #5034714
| Thanks, Resin. What's the background of your obviously very extensive knowledge? Margaret. |
Colquhoun
Champaign, IL
(Zone 5b)
June 1, 2008
8:06 PM Post #5037976
| The baby has left the nest now. Yes they are Mourning Doves. Here they as a speices are doing very well. Growing up in the South, they were nearly a cultural icon. During hunting season they can not be hunted until after 12:00 pm. As a result a dove hunt was normally a big social event, that included breakfast, tall tales.. and a joyfull wagon ride to fields and blinds. Doves fly fairly fast and are a challenge to shoot. Mourning Doves are some of the prolific birds in North America.. they have to be.. the mortality rate for mourning doves in the first year is nearly 80% as a result they have 4 to 5 clutch of 2 eggs each. I used to joke with my wife the they looked like lunch to me.. but after living closely with semi-tame mourning doves on my place.. I have come to love them in new way. Urbanized Mourning Doves and Canadian Geese are two of the great sucess and horror for North American conservation. |
MargaretK
PERTH
(Australia)
June 5, 2008
2:55 AM Post #5056281
| Thanks, Colquhoun. Any updates? |
Resin
Northumberland
(United Kingdom)
(Zone 9a)
June 7, 2008
11:16 AM Post #5067527
| Shelducks
Resin
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MargaretK
PERTH
(Australia)
June 9, 2008
6:48 AM Post #5075482
| Beautiful birds, Resin. Thanks. Different to our Shelducks, the Mountain Shelduck. |
pelletory
Marlton, NJ
June 9, 2008
7:21 AM Post #5075560
| A very handsome bird Resin! |
kniphofia
Ashington
(United Kingdom)
(Zone 8a)
June 10, 2008
10:03 AM Post #5082028
| Gorgeous photos! |
