Photo of the Week: Mourning Doves

A pair of tan-brown birds with black dots on their wings, pink legs, and long pointed tails, the Mourning Doves perch on the edge of the square bird feeder. One bird has its wing slightly outstretched as it lands on the feeder edge.

A bird I see year round in our southeast Michigan area, the slender, graceful Mourning Dove is a bird I see or hear daily. Their coo-coo sound is often the first sound I hear in the morning. This morning, with our constant rainfall, this pair of Mourning Doves joined the local House Wrens, Northern Cardinals,… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Mourning Doves