sandeyeDove Love
May 21st 2008 16:40
When we first fed the birds a few crumbs and the magpies a little cheese, our yard seemed to be filled with turtle-doves & whistling pigeons. We amassed a visitation number close to three dozen of the former and a dozen of the latter, in fact.
Although numbers have greatly fallen during the pigeon era, we can sometimes still amass a dozen or so doves in our back yard. Mostly, they rest on our fence or hills hoist, just settled down, sun-baking in contentment. Sometimes they will munch seed from the privet out back or berberis out front. I managed to grab a shot of a pair of lovers on the dead branch of the poinsettia recently.
Turtle-doves are akin to pigeons in their relationships, both romance and family wise. They like to smooch - or as my son says, preen one another's head and neck region. They generally pair for life, though death of a lover will result in selection of a new partner rather than loneliness. They regurgitate a milk for their young and they like to be lazy - resting on fences or branches and settling down to nod along as life plods on past…
Although numbers have greatly fallen during the pigeon era, we can sometimes still amass a dozen or so doves in our back yard. Mostly, they rest on our fence or hills hoist, just settled down, sun-baking in contentment. Sometimes they will munch seed from the privet out back or berberis out front. I managed to grab a shot of a pair of lovers on the dead branch of the poinsettia recently.
Turtle-doves are akin to pigeons in their relationships, both romance and family wise. They like to smooch - or as my son says, preen one another's head and neck region. They generally pair for life, though death of a lover will result in selection of a new partner rather than loneliness. They regurgitate a milk for their young and they like to be lazy - resting on fences or branches and settling down to nod along as life plods on past…
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