Monday, May 11, 2009

Mourning dove


MOURNING DOVE, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, MAY 10, 2009

Pentax K10D
SMC Pentax-F* 300mm f4.5 ED (IF)
1/180 sec. f11
ISO 400

Some people consider the mourning dove a mere upscale version of a pigeon, and I have to say they are not the most exciting birds to photograph. They always seem a few sticks short of a nest and are the last to depart when a predator arrives. Yet they are peaceable almost to a fault and get along with sparrows and squirrels, quietly feeding beak by jowl with them on the ground.

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