Mourning Doves!

Nothing makes me calmer

than to watch

my

beloved Mourning Doves

outside

on a day where

the snowflakes

are

slowly...

  slowly

        drifting

              down

So, today, I have nothing but pictures of them for you.

Read more about these amazing birds HERE.

Sit with your feet up, a warm cup of coffee and maybe your Snuggie..

and

let's take a look...

shall we?

I love how they puff up to stay warm on the branch:

I love their tawny and golden feathers:

Many fly in,

in pairs...

And they just roost there, sometimes for a few hours at a time.

Just watching the busy, hectic world go by:

Such peace.

Such grace.

They roost in silence...sometimes hardly moving:

Sometimes, as daylight just happens

and I stumble out to the kitchen

to put on the coffee....

I look out my window towards the winter lake,

and

they are there, resting

and to greet me

Good Morning:

And waiting patiently

at the feeders

to prod me to

fill them up for their breakfast:

My grown daughter teases me because I tell her the birds

STARE

at me.

Now?

I have proof.

I'd say this one is saying:

"Bring out the breakfast will you? I've been waiting for you to wake up for HOURS!"

**************************************************

Don't forget to enter your

JANUARY 2011

FREE PHOTO CONTEST

entry!

January's theme is:

BRIDGES!!!