Gallery: AvianPosted January 19, 2017303 views5 comments
(Non-native, introduced from Europe to Florida, and increasing rapidly)
2014:03:01 08:36:01
D800
500mm
1/200 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Spot
ISO: 640
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO1+2
Flash: Off
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5 comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on January 20, 2017 at 9:49 AM
Wonderful capture of this beautiful dove. We are beginning to have quite a few around my part of Texas. No sure about any ecological damage, but they sure are pretty. I really like that green background and that pensive pose. Well done.
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 20, 2017 at 1:54 PM
Nice detail in the dove, Sandy, and a good pose. They've made it at least this far and probably into BC by now.
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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on January 20, 2017 at 5:26 PM
The favorite food of the local Peregrines. So they do have a useful purpose. Nice catch, Sandy.
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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on January 20, 2017 at 10:40 PM
Nice shot Sandy. I started seeing a lot of them in the Redding California area about 7-8 years ago. Hope they don't out-compete our natives.
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Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 22, 2017 at 4:32 AM
I actually have several coming to my feeders this winter, the first year I have seen them here. Perhaps that is why I've been seeing more sharp-shins around here too.
Sweet portrait of this one Sandy! I really ike that perch and the complimentary background.
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5 commentsSweet portrait of this one Sandy! I really ike that perch and the complimentary background.