I was playing with the dogs out in the yard this afternoon and the sun was low in the sky when in flew our little spotted turtle dove.
I call her 'our' turtle dove because we had one
nest in our mulberry tree a while back (although it could be a he and it could be a different dove altogether).
She is a little shy and doesn't often visit when the dogs are in the back yard, if I'm in the back yard the dogs are there with me, so it's a real treat to see her.
Spotti (she is a spotted turtle dove so I thought Spotti was a suitable name) was catching a sun beam on the aerial looking as pretty as a picture in the golden hour light.
I was busy throwing the
ball for
Freki so I just sat there enjoying Spotti's company expecting her to fly away in a moment.
When ball play had finished and she was still there I decided I would go and get the camera after all. Deciding to go and get the camera usually means the subject makes a get away before I can come back to shoot them.
I snapped a few shots, then remembered to switch to
Time Value and snapped a few more. Spotti watched patiently so I risked moving in closer.
That unnerved her a little and she turned around ready to fly away if I made any sudden moves.
She was still there when it was time to feed the doggies.
I hope Spotti comes back to visit again. She is a such a petite little thing and sings the prettiest cooing songs.
Do you have special garden visitors?
How lovely to have your very own dove! I love that the nest is so close.
ReplyDeleteI do hope they keep returning.
DeleteIt's a lovely looking Dove. So pleased you get to see it in your garden.
ReplyDeleteThey are certainly prettier then the feral pigeons.
DeleteShe is beautiful, we too have collared doves nesting in our garden, they are so beautiful. #AnimalTales
ReplyDeleteIt's such a treat when they make their home in your yard.
Deletewe used to have a pigeon that would visit us most days for almost a year
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to have it visit so regularly.
DeleteIt's like she/he's wearing a very chic spotty scarf! A lovely visitor :)
ReplyDeleteIn silk, very glamorous. :0)
DeleteShe's a beauty! Thank you for sharing her with us. I don't think we have any special visitors to our garden - although the muscadine vines are alive with tiny bird - common sparrows - who make their nests deep in the foliage. I can hear them but very rarely do I get to catch a glimpse of them.
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us for Photo Friday again this week!
Those little birds are so elusive aren't they? They move so fast, but at least their twitters are lovely to listen to even if we don't get to snap them.
DeleteMy daughter has 'her' pigeon. It's one of the crowd that live under a nearby railway bridge but it is very distinctive in colour (brown instead of the usual grey) so she always spots it. I quite like pigeons when they aren;t trying to eat the bird seed I put out for smaller birds. I like their calls.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like it might be a crossbreed. How awesome she gets to build a love for birds so early. Doves do have such a pretty song don't they?
DeleteI do love seeing your different antipodean birds - we do have turtle doves here but they don't look the same. Thank you for adding Spotti to #AnimalTales
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see what your turtle doves look like.
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