Lovely Doves!

I have really been enjoying all the birds that visit our yard lately. It seems that now that the leaves are all down, we can see them better and they are coming to the feeders more.

We have been blessed for the last few years to have about seven doves that are coming to visit us on a regular basis.

I love their sweet faces:

Often they sit in pairs on the same branches:

And they often "puff up" their feathers:

Often they face away from us, like they are enjoying looking out at the lake, just like we do:

I love it when I can see their longggggg tail feathers!:




Here's a bunch just hangin' out:

Just look at his ruffled breast feathers:

Ok.

I know.

We are probably feeding them a hunkin' carload of food per day because I can't stand to see the birdfeeder empty bit much.

Because he does look kind of fat fluffy.




Here's a side profile of a lovely couple:

They always look so peaceful.

So calm.

We can take some lessons from them, No??