| | A photo-a-day: Lovie Dovies
This pair is probably siblings- they are young white winged doves, most likely born this summer. They are perched together on a branch of the sycamore tree in our front yard, not far from another branch that supported a nest of a white winged dove family in early June.
We watched a white winged dove family very closely several years ago, and photographed their family life from nest-building to fledging, and beyond. If you are interested in seeing that,, go here: "Photochronicle of a Dove Family" in the archives of this blog. We learned so much withthis family! We got out several books from the library, and learned quite a bit about these birds, but we mostly learned by watching them.
What I really love about these birds is how loving they seem to be. Both parents lovingly tend their babies. They all- parents adn siblings alike, seem to show real affection for each other. The siblings remain together for quite a while after the fledge- the parents continue to feed them and show them the ropes for several weeks. BUt even past that period, the siblings seem to just pal arond together for a long time. You can often see a pair (or sometimes more) plopped together on a fence or tree branch, just hanging out together, sometimes preening themselves and each other. That is why I am guessing the two in this photo I took this morning is a pair of siblings. Birds of a feather! 
Fellow photo-of-the-day-ers!
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We've started the second book in the Sara series . So far, so good!
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| | Posted 7/18/2007 9:43 AM - 1 view - 6 comments
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