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No Goldie Hawn, I'm afraid, but what I think is a collared dove. We have a pair of these that frequent our garden and in an idle moment I thought it was time I snapped one of them. Taken on the E-3 and 70-300mm, through a very dirty window! Minimal cropping.
John Perriment
A photograph is more than a record of what you see - it's a window to your soul
We have lots of them coming and going and we always refer to them as 'piiiing' birds because of the noise they sometimes make on arrival. That and the whup-whup-whup of their wings fluttering. A very technical description, eh.
Thanks Pol. Whether technical or not, your description is very accurate and it'll do for me!
I think maybe they're not always the brightest because the young ones just lie quietly on the lawn and doze, often beside a ground feeder, and they don't always have the sense to waken up and scarper when predators hover, often visiting cats.
I keep wooden football rattles next to the windows and doors so I can make a sudden loud noise. That usually scares off the cats but doesn't always bother the litltle 'piiinglets'.
I read or heard that Collared Doves were very rare in the UK until about the 1950s and that they spread steadily westward from Turkey where they originally ranged from there to southern India.
Just been reading on Wikipedia that they only started breeding in England in the mid-1950s.
I read or heard that Collared Doves were very rare in the UK until about the 1950s and that they spread steadily westward from Turkey where they originally ranged from there to southern India.
Just been reading on Wikipedia that they only started breeding in England in the mid-1950s.
Ian
That's interesting, Ian, and something I didn't know. Thank you.
John Perriment
A photograph is more than a record of what you see - it's a window to your soul
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