Pretty much confined to bird watching out my windows these days, when I noticed a Eurasian Collared-Dove jumping up and down in a strange manner, not like a courtship display. Got my binoculars on it and realized it was trying to revive a dead dove. Maybe common behavior, but I'd never witnessed it before. Bird flu? Don't know.
This behavior continued for at least 15 minutes, alternately poking the dead bird.
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Other than that, nothing much happening. The cold weather has given me a mild case of bronchitis so I haven't gone birding. If a good sighting was reported somewhere near, I'd probably chase it. Meanwhile, I'm staying indoors. Just a few more weeks of winter to go. Weeks until rains is another story.
5 comments:
Both sad and heartwarming. What an interesting behavior to observe…Gail.
Amazing and sad!
Wow. A real life "Mourning" dove...
Carolyn, please do just another short post with a different photo. I check almost daily and the content of this photo is just getting to me.......Hope all is well with you. I'll just check back in a couple of weeks. Been enjoying your work for years now...... always amazed at your resilience
Sorry, Judith. I made a new quick post.
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