They spent a couple of minutes performing synchronised movements, bowing, slow wing stretching and circling round each other before one decided it had had enough and flew away. Love is in the air. Spring is just around the corner.
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Not One, Not Two, Now there are Six
I looked cautiously through the kitchen window first thing this morning in the hopes the pair of Stock Doves were there. Yes. There they were, but what's this I see. Another .. and another. In the end I counted six of them busily feeding on the lawn. I grabbed the camera and started to photograph them when two in particular caught my attention.
They spent a couple of minutes performing synchronised movements, bowing, slow wing stretching and circling round each other before one decided it had had enough and flew away. Love is in the air. Spring is just around the corner.
They spent a couple of minutes performing synchronised movements, bowing, slow wing stretching and circling round each other before one decided it had had enough and flew away. Love is in the air. Spring is just around the corner.
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Like buses John, you don't see any for years then they all come at once.
ReplyDeleteI know Adrian. Never seen one before and now they have invited all their relatives.
ReplyDeleteWhat great captures John. Spring is certainly springing.
ReplyDeleteWell this isn't fair John :) you've got everyone else's share of them now! Great photos, I believe they call it the 'bow coo'.
ReplyDeleteThank you Keith. I was lucky they were 'performing' so close to the kitchen window and were too engrossed to notice me.
ReplyDeleteSorry Jan. I can't help it if I attract the birds. Unfortunately only the feathered variety though ;) You could have knocked me down with the proverbial feather when I saw so many on the lawn. They are only there early on, around 7 a.m., and gone by half past. Possibly en route from their roost to their normal feeding ground.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of the term bow coo before. There are a few videos on YouTube. I've learned something new.
Lucky you John, I have never seen a Stock Dove. Maybe the Stock Doves like the Collared Doves will increase in numbers:-)
ReplyDeleteHello Linda. This is the first year I have seen any Stock Doves. I hope, locally anyway, they don't breed quite as fast as the Collared Doves. They used to be rare here not so many years ago. Now you can't get away from them.
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