Common bird but quite shy

I was patiently waiting for some Chipping sparrows to come in but saw a pair of Mourning Doves first. As soon as they noticed my camera was pointing at them, they took off.

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Taken with Bigma and 10mm extension tubes, f8, ISO400, no flash

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Great shots Fee. These guys are hard to shoot. Looks good with that tube on there too. Haven't used mine yet, other than to make sure it will fit and work.

Excellent captures with very good details. LIke the pose on #3, very nice.

Very nice. You've captured the true character of a Mourning Dove. Well done.

Great light on these Fee, details, color all great, well done.

beautiful dove portrait

Thanks for the comment Mitch, Reyno, Shirley, Trevor, Terry.
The pair got a little too close after they landed. Good thing the Bigma is a zoom . There were taken at 363mm.

Very nice Fee, I can't say I am found of these guys...they try and nest on my porch every year and make a mess of things.....You did capture them very well. Well done Buddy.

Excellent shots. Super sharp with good details.

Very nice captures Fee!!

Thanks for looking and commenting Keith, Sindri, Stephen.
I have to admit i'm not a fan of the dove either. They take away a lot of Inca dove's habitat from what i heard, but i guess that's part of nature.

The Dove look great but that green grass looks soooooooo good to me right now.

Zip

I normally don't pay much attention to dove's, maybe I will have to change my thought on them. Very nice capture on these.

I appreciate the comment Zip, John.
Before this, i didn't have any photo of any type of dove even though they are everywhere. After capturing this fella, now i think i'm going to get more dove species into my collection.

For the past two years this mourning dove has made her nest on a bookshelf sitting just outside of my friends front door on a covered patio where my friend has a few plants.
The dove has raised two broods there and will not leave her nest even if someone stands two feet away looking at her.

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