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Pair of Collard Doves on my garden posts looking for food to drop down from the "messy" eaters on my bird feeders. I still have at least 2 pairs nesting in the garden in spite of 3/4 being taken by the Sparrowhawk
I am hoping to design a new website to help sell prints of my images., I have a branding company helping me sort out a formal plan... for "Natural Prints".
I hope you like the name, once I get things moving I will keep my friends posted.
This one was take in Costa Rica, thanks to my friend David Lando for all the help.
Collard aracari
Costa Rica
ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D800 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/80s f/4.0 at 400.0mm iso400
3 Collard dove shots from the gdn this morning. Other than these, I only saw a few Blackbirds & a couple of distant Pigeons, all the other must be off to stake out their breeding patch's
Collard Scops Owl (Otus bakkamoena) belongs to Strigidae family, Nominate subspecies O.b. bakkamonea isis a common resident of Sri Lanka. It habitats forests and other well-wooded areas. It nests in a hole in a tree, laying 3–5 eggs. it has small head tufts, or ears. The upperparts are grey or brown, depending on the morph, with faint buff spotting. The underparts are buff with fine darker streaking. This species is nocturnal. Through its natural camouflage, it is very difficult to see in daytime. But it can often be located by the small birds that mob it while it is roosting in a tree. It feeds mainly on insects.
Captured at Hiyare Nature Reserve, Sri Lanka
16 oz of fresh collard greens, washed well
3 strips of thick-cut bourbon bacon cut in 1” slices
1/4 cup sweet onion finely minced
1 tbsp crushed garlic
2 cups turkey stock
2 tsp smoked sea salt
2 tbsp brown sugar
1-2 tsp red pepper flakes
In a Dutch oven cook the bacon until almost crisp over medium heat. Pour off all but about 3 tablespoons of the fat. Add the diced onion and cook until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another minute. Deglaze the bottom of the pot with some stock. Put all of the greens in the pot, pour in the stock, and cover continuing to cook over medium heat. In about 5-10 minutes the volume of the greens will decrease. Using a sturdy wooden spoon carefully turn over the greens so that the bacon and onions get mixed well all over the greens. Add the sugar, salt, and pepper flakes, stir again. Bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer for two hours and serve.
Wonderful to have this stunner, and the Little Bittern on my home patch this summer. Not seen one of these for nearly twenty years, when I was last in Israel working. Lakenheath fen.
After a dull wet morning I arrived home to find this collard dove sheltering by my garage door. a young one I think who needed to have his picture taken
A visit to my local RSPB not been in ages big changes going on.
I thought I made this public was thinking nobody liked it lol :)