Hi there
I have just noticed my first two Collared Doves have arrived in my 'new' garden and I am so pleased to see them. So it must be a pair as that is how they like to be - in a couple. {thumbs up}
They have been calling to each other from nearby Trees, but I have never managed to see them at the right moment - until now.
They have had a bath in my bird bath and had a nibble of the seeds in my ground feeders - so they are happy now.
IMHO, I just think they are very attractive birds to look at, and overlooked by many I think. They are elegant, but they do not have the colours like the Blue tits have.
To me they are not Plain Janes at all. A look through the binoculars tell you how pretty their colouration really is to see..
Does anyone here have/have a lack of them in their gardens at all?. How many do you have? Are they always around in two's?
Regards
Kathy and Dave
Yip, we only ever; have two. and have to agree with you about how elegant they are. Their call is also very elegant and genteel I always think.
All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Spike Milligan
Hi Kathy... A pair of collared doves are regular visitors to my garden. I see them less in summer than the other seasons but expect them back any day now. They are fascinated by all the activity at my feeder tables and come into the yard to have a closer look but so far haven't plucked up the courage to get up onto them - despite the fact that they avidly watch the four extremely fat wood pigeons manage it regularly.
Squirrel
The necessity of bird-watching is a really good reason for avoiding all forms of housework.
The dust will still be there tomorrow - the birds may not be!
We regularly get collared doves, although we tend to get far more wood pigeons. I agree about their colouration - soft and subtle yet very distinctive.
Make the boy interested in natural history if you can; it is better than games [Robert Falcon Scott]
Yes we get collard doves, a family,
They are more relaxed alone, the least little movement spooks them when in a group and away they go.
They are not so dull close up, I am a fan!
For viewing or photography right place right time is everything. I'd rather be in the right place with poor kit than have the best kit and be in the wrong place.
Great photos there HM. Like you I really like their subtle colouring with its hint of beigy pink.
Thanks Squirrel, they are always welcome in my garden! A top bird.
Hi Squirrel
Great to hear that your Collared Doves are fine in your patch. Yes, the Wood Pigeons are the gaints in the Pigeon world, and they have appetites to go along with it.- big and bolshie as they are.
I have found out that some peoples gardens are devoid of collared Doves, and to me that is sad..
Glad to hear all is well with you
Squirrel B said: Hi Kathy... A pair of collared doves are regular visitors to my garden. I see them less in summer than the other seasons but expect them back any day now. They are fascinated by all the activity at my feeder tables and come into the yard to have a closer look but so far haven't plucked up the courage to get up onto them - despite the fact that they avidly watch the four extremely fat wood pigeons manage it regularly. Squirrel
Hi Kathy... I wouldn't be without my four wood pigeons though as they are brilliant avian hoovers. They tootle round the yard vacuuming up all the food spillage caused by the really messy eaters - the starlings.
Soosin: Yes, they are very gental indeed. I remember my mum telling me the story of her two Collared Doves and she said one disappeared one day, and the other looked so sad and lonely for a while. Then another Collared Dove appeared, and the lonely bird picked up once more. Shows that birds do have feelings after all.
Cartimandia, Yes the Wood Pigeons tend to dominate the scene so it is better to control waht food they get a hold of otherwise you end up with no food for other birds at all,
John: Your pictures are fantastic. and have the wow factor anyday. What can I say about your flock of Collared Doves wow. That is what I call a small flock of Collared doves. Is this in your garden area, or is it somewhere esle? I am just a nosy parker here?
hi Squirrel:
Yes that is true that Wood Pigeons are the best cleaner uppers in the bird world. They like their food in any shape or form. In the real human world I could see them being weight lifters, bouncers or something butch like!. {wink}
The Starlings are messy eaters, and like to toss out half of what they do not like from the bird feeders. The birds below take advantage of that and who could blame them at all. So Starlings have their good points too.
Regard
Squirrel B said: Hi Kathy... I wouldn't be without my four wood pigeons though as they are brilliant avian hoovers. They tootle round the yard vacuuming up all the food spillage caused by the really messy eaters - the starlings. Squirrel