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Cas1234

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I see tons of pictures of every species know to man, but what happen to the Morning Dove? Not worth the time? Post you Morning Dove pics. I only a couple of decent photographs.

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Doves are birds, too. Perhaps not as attractive or interesting but definitely worth a few frames. the first image is very good, if only for a cleaner background ;)
 
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RichF said:
Doves are birds, too. Perhaps not as attractive or interesting but definitely worth a few frames. the first image is very good, if only for a cleaner background ;)
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Thanks, interesting observation, you think f stop up F8 or F11 to see more background?
 
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Lots of Morning Doves here in central Texas - but by far the prolific White-Wing Doves out-number them. White-Wing flocks will mob backyard feeders and scarf up the black-oil sunflower seed in short order.
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I have a couple shots of Cooper's hawks dining on doves from our winter time bird feeder. They seem to really love doves. However, I'm not sure that is what is meant by show us the doves. :)
 
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Somewhat maligned bird. Slow moving and not great problem solvers. But they have some interesting earth tones and patterns in their feathers. As young boys we would spend hours practicing to mimic their call by cupping our hands together and blowing at just the right angle through the slit in our thumbs.

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NA4M said:
Lots of Morning Doves here in central Texas - but by far the prolific White-Wing Doves out-number them. White-Wing flocks will mob backyard feeders and scarf up the black-oil sunflower seed in short order.
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Nice, I don't have enough that come to the feeders and when they do show up they seem to like to stay on the ground under the feeder. The English Starling is my problem bird that cleans out the feeder.
 
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Bill M said:
Somewhat maligned bird. Slow moving and not great problem solvers. But they have some interesting earth tones and patterns in their feathers. As young boys we would spend hours practicing to mimic their call by cupping our hands together and blowing at just the right angle through the slit in our thumbs.

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Great capture, they do have a nice call. When they take to flight they sound like they need their wing joints oiled at least the ones in Md. :)
 
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Cas1234 said:
Nice capture, you look like you were almost on the ground for that shot, surprised he stuck around. The ones around here are skittish and seem to take flight when they see you moving.
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From what I remember , he was very close and I think I got down on one knee. It was taken over a year ago. I was in my backyard and they were looking for seeds near the feeder. I had just received my 500 PF and was shooting just about everything that moved.
 
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Cas1234 said:
Beautiful, and photo taken with your D7500...yes? Nice detail. I kept my D40X for 15 years so I have to keep my D7500 for at least 10. :)
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If only....... No. this was with my first DSLR, Nikon D70S. At that time I was only shooting JPEG, so the image is limited in what I can do with it. Today, I would do a lot better with a D7500. :)
 
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