Enjoying the Birds
By CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
Nashville, Tennessee
September 14, 2018 5:55pm CST
I enjoy nature in my backyard. The birds are one of my favorites, along with the flowers of course. This time of the year (starting into fall), the flowers are on their way out. But the birds remain.I keep a tray of mostly striped sunflower seeds on the deck. Many birds love these including cardinals, bluejays and doves. I enjoy the bluebirds in the spring. This year a new bird has been spotted at my deck. Always so exciting to see new birds. It is called an Eurasian Collared Dove. It is a light gray, almost white with a black band around his neck. Such a beautiful bird to watch land on my deck. Today I counted 25 at one time! Keeps me busy as you have to provide clean water as well. Nature is so worth the extra work involved. And it is very therapeutic for my personally.
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@Courage7 (19626)
• United States
15 Sep 18
25 of them no less!!
You are fortunate to have the birds around you Carol.
They are so precious and they certainly do cheer us up.
I had never heard nor seen that type of dove.
I remember my Mother RIP holding me up to the window as a child to look at the birds.
Anytime I see birds, I think of her.
I am so glad that she shared that with me.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
16 Sep 18
How did they get into your computer room? It's not outside is it?
@stringer321 (5682)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
20 Sep 18
You can eat at the garden, watch the birds around, listen to their twits, see how they interact with each other. It is so nice to watch how they fly around the trees...Like a good screen saver on the pc. :-)
Do you get to see eggs from the birds ? Sometimes an egg is dropped down on our garden, Mayna birds has turquoise eggs. The Mayna birds can immitate sounds they hear, I always try to whistle around them to see if they immitate me.
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@stringer321 (5682)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
12 Dec 18
@CarolDM bring a picture when you see many birds in your garden.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
15 Sep 18
Nature is the most enjoyable thing to photograph:) And birds are such a special part of God's beautiful creation, all the way around us! Nice discussion, Carol
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
15 Sep 18
@CarolDM When I walk through our woods behind our home, nature is everywhere I look:) It's like being in a wonderland, for a little while!
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
16 Sep 18
@kobesbuddy Your are blessed to have so much room to walk around in.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
15 Sep 18
That would make my day to sit and watch them fly in and out.
He is a beautiful dove.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
15 Sep 18
@CarolDM
I have seen other doves but not with the same colour they are more copper coloured.
Yes they have a very big wing span when flying.
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@Marilynda1225 (91086)
• United States
16 Sep 18
Birds are very interesting and I have mostly robin's visiting my deck
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@wolfgirl569 (135744)
• Marion, Ohio
15 Sep 18
That is a pretty dove. I dont feed them here but we still have plenty around as they get in the garden and after my flowers when they seed.
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