Mourning Doves

While watching a meadow this evening in hopes of photographing rutting whitetails a pair of doves lit in a nearby tree.  I was able to get a dozen or so shots before the doves dropped down into the high grass to feed.  The doves curious expression in this photograph is what made this image stand out above the other shots.

No whitetail rutting activity materialized this evening but these doves more than made up for it by posing for one of the very best mourning dove images in my collection.

Mourning Dove

Mourning Doves are quite plentiful around our area. As they are a hunted game bird, our doves tend to be a little shy around humans. This dove only sat for a moment until it noticed me, giving me time for only one frame.

I realize that many of you may think that Country Captures has became a bird blog but please allow me to say that I don’t think that this is the case. I find that my interests go through different phases with this being my "bird" phase. I must credit my good blogging friend Abe Lincoln with drawing my attention to the wonderful world of birds. I have sat in awe viewing his beautiful images collected in his backyard.

Thanks Abe for the inspiration and for opening my eyes to this wonderful aspect of nature.