
This is the first year that I have seen 3 different types of Doves (Eurasian-Collared Dove, Mourning Dove and Inca Dove) showing up at my backyard feeder at the same time. I have been trying to get a photo of them all together but no luck yet. Eurasian-Collared-Dove, Mourning Dove and Inca Dove

I still have a few birds in my backyard that I haven’t shared yet but I wanted to post a few closeups of the regulars first.

The Eurasian Collared-Dove stay around my backyard year-round. My Backyard Photography Setup Birds in my Backyard this past week: My Backyard Harris’s Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco In The Snow My Backyard Pine Warbler Ruby-crowned Kinglet In My Backyard Ruby-crowned Kinglet Showing Me His Ruby Crown Cardinals In My Backyard

Doves drink continuously, by sucking and swallowing, up to six times faster than other birds.

I posted a close-up of this Eurasian Collared Dove yesterday and I wanted to post another one showing it on the ground. Photo Details: F Number – 4 Exposure Time – 1/4,000 Focal Length – 500

The Eurasian Collared Dove was introduced into the Bahamas in the 1970s and spread from there to Florida by 1982. It has become invasive; the stronghold in North America is still the Gulf Coast, but it now found as far south as Veracruz, as far west as California, and as far north as British Columbia, [...]