LittleRed

Day # 14 - Date : Saturday, October 28, 2017

It's a sad but beautiful sound in the spring when you have perhaps a half a dozen of these birds singing their mournful song. I usually have a minimum of 6 of these birds with me for most the year. In the cold of the winter most leave but at least 2 to 4 stay with me. Some days when they invite their friends over I end up with a dozen under my feeders. A pleasant quiet bird whom causes no problems like their cousins the Rock Dove (Common Pigeon). They are voracious eaters so I have to cage some of my feeding stations in order to have some seed for the smaller birds (finch, chickadee, nuthatch etc). At this time there seems to be plenty of these birds around but that may be changing shortly. The states of Michigan and Wisconsin which lie just south of us here in Canada are planning on making this bird along with the Sandhill Crane game birds and setting up a hunting season for them. They call this progress but one wonders if it truly is. I think they should instead make the Common Pigeon huntable instead. That's my feelings on that subject, these birds are just too beautiful to kill.
Its starting to snow right now so it appears winter is on its way. Wouldn't be Halloween up here if there wasn't a bit of white stuff on the ground. Hope you enjoy these pics of my feathered friends.

LittleRed (Ron)

Canon T6i, Tamron 150-600 @ 552mm, 1/1000, f6.3, auto ISO @ 200, dist 14M


Canon T6i, Canon 300mm prime, 1/1000, f4.5, auto ISO @ 100, dist 8M


Canon T6i, Canon 300mm prime, 1/2000, f4.5, auto ISO @ 800, dist 7M


Canon T6i, Tamron 150-600 @ 600mm, 1/500, f6.3, auto ISO @ 3200, dist 14M


Canon T6i, Tamron 150-600 @ 552mm, 1/800, f7.1, auto ISO @ 1250, dist 8M

WDCash Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA

Beautiful.
Dove hunting is a big thing in some states
Pennsylvania has had a dove season as long as I can remember. I quit hunting a out 40 years ago but as I recall doves are very hard to hit. They are surprising fast and eredic in flight when necessary

Hoosier in GA Loc: Milledgeville, GA

# 3 is an absolute stunner! Well done!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Nice shots

Swamp-Cork Loc: Lanexa, Virginia

Beautiful set, Ron and we also have quite a few that visit us.

DeeAndre Loc: Boyertown PA

#4 is really lovely.

LittleRed

Yes WDCash I realize that the Dove is a game bird in quite a few states. Like you I gave up the art of hunting many moons ago. I used to hunt primarily to obtain sufficient food for our family to make it through the winter. I find that these days it cheaper to hunt my meat at the closest grocery store. I still do quite a bit of hunting however I've traded in my shotgun for a camera.
Thanks for looking in, and I do appreciate the kind comment.

Ron

LittleRed

Yes, sometimes you get lucky. Thanks Hoosier in GA for the kind comment.

Ron

LittleRed

Thanks Corky for the kind comment, tis appreciated.

Ron

LittleRed

thanks jerry for commenting.

Ron

LittleRed

DeeAndre for looking and commenting. I was pretty happy at the results of #4 seeing that due to the darkness I had to go to 3200 ISO here.

Ron

sailorsmom Loc: Souderton, PA

Excellent shots, Ron! They look like they enjoy posing for you!

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

Nice series

LittleRed

Thanks for the comment sailorsmom. These guys better pose for me if they want their millet.

Ron

LittleRed

Thanks topcat for looking and commenting.

Ron