Thursday, January 8, 2009

Mourning Doves in Winter

I snapped this picture just before Christmas. We were having a significant winter storm, and the birds were looking for cover. This group of mourning doves found a place to roost just outside our dining room window. You can see a couple of houses through the wind-driven snow to get a feel for how rough it was that day!

We like our birds and attract them to the yard with two squirrel-proof feeders, and one squirrel-proof suet feeder. We also have a bird bath. I keep busy in the summer scaring away a neighbor's cat that is contantly on the hunt for our feathered friends!