Father, Mother, Daughter and a friend !

errr, well, if only humanity could be something like this all the time - just a thought....on Anzac Day commemoration 2016

Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura). This pair of love birds have been hanging around my property for the past four years. They use the Spanish moss hanging in my oak tree to build their nests.

They try nesting in some unusual places around my yard. Hanging planters are their favorites. Every spring they go through this ritual of affection for each other and then its off to forage for twigs and moss. Wonder where their nest will be this time?

Turtle Dove - Streptopelia Tutur

The turtle dove is a dainty dove, smaller and darker than the collared dove and slightly larger than a blackbird. Its upperparts are distinctively mottled with chestnut and black and its black tail has a white edge.

The gentle purr of the turtle dove is an evocative sound of summer, but has become increasingly rare following rapid and sustained population declines. One cause of the decline is thought to be lack of seed and grain as food during the breeding season, resulting in a much shorter breeder season with fewer nesting attempts. The species is now included on the Red List of conservation concern.

Populations of turtle dove are in rapid decline across Europe and this species has red list conservation status globally. In the United Kingdom its numbers have declined by 93% since 1994 and across Europe numbers fell by 78% 1980-2013.

Environmentalist groups have said that the decline of turtle doves in Europe is partly because changed farming practices mean that the weed seeds and shoots on which it feeds, especially fumitory, are more scarce, and partly due to shooting of birds in Mediterranean countries. According to a 2001 study cited by the European Commission, between two and four million birds are shot annually in Malta, Cyprus, France, Italy, Spain and Greece. Environmentalists have described spring hunting in Malta as particularly problematic as it is the only country with an EU derogation to shoot birds during their spring migration to breeding grounds.

According to a 2007 study by the European Commission, four currently identifiable potential threats to the turtle dove are (1) habitat loss/modification (medium to low impact), (2) droughts and climate change (mostly unknown but likely low impact), (3) hunting (partly unknown but overall medium impact), and (4) competition with the collared dove (unknown impact).The British Trust for Ornithology has also highlighted Trichomonosis parasite as a threat to the turtle dove.

Population:

UK breeding:

14,000 territories

The mourning dove is a member of the dove family, Columbidae. The bird is also known as the American mourning dove, the rain dove, and colloquially as the turtle dove, and was once known as the Carolina pigeon and Carolina turtledove.

Turtle Dove - Streptopelia Tutur

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Turtle Dove, Hungary

Hello my good friends!

I hope all of you are in good health and enjoying the best. I would like to sincerely thank you all for your genuine communications. They’re are always valued and appreciated.

So, I found this growing dove in a random place, where it looked sick, sad and forsaken.

I tried to communicate and lend a hand but after some attempts, it flew away and disappeared.

I guess it’s a case of an early mother’s loss. A real grief that young dove was experiencing.

For the theme "Three" in "Looking close... on Friday!"

La tourterelle turque trouve sa nourriture dans le voisinage de l'homme. Elle partage les graines destinées aux poules et effectue de véritables raids dans les champs de blé et les cours de fermes. En hiver, les tourterelles turques errent en petites troupes dans les parcs et les espaces verts et fréquentent les aires de nourrissage destinées aux petits passereaux. Elles s'y montrent très pacifiques, se nourrissant serrées les unes contre les autres. Très tôt au printemps, elles exécutent leur spectaculaire vol nuptial : après un vol ascendant très abrupt, la tourterelle redescend en planant, avec les ailes recourbées vers le bas et en poussant des roucoulements sonores caractéristiques. Elle se perche volontiers sur les poteaux télégraphiques, les antennes TV et les toits, d'où elle pousse son cri répétitif.

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The Turkish turtledove finds its food in the vicinity of the man. She shares the seeds for the hens and makes real raids in the fields of wheat and the courses of farms. In winter, Turkish turtledoves wander in small groups in parks and green spaces and frequent feeding areas for small passerines. They are very peaceful, feeding tightly against one another. Very early in the spring, they perform their spectacular mating flight: after a very steep ascending flight, the turtledove descends while hovering, with the wings bent down and pushing characteristic sound cooing. She perches willingly on telegraph poles, TV antennas, and roofs, whence she utters her repetitive cry.

Turtle Dove, Hungary

The mourning dove is a member of the dove family, Columbidae. The bird is also known as the American mourning dove or the rain dove, and erroneously as the turtle dove, and was once known as the Carolina pigeon or Carolina turtledove. It is one of the most abundant and widespread of all North American birds.

La tourterelle turque trouve sa nourriture dans le voisinage de l'homme. Elle partage les graines destinées aux poules et effectue de véritables raids dans les champs de blé et les cours de fermes. En hiver, les tourterelles turques errent en petites troupes dans les parcs et les espaces verts et fréquentent les aires de nourrissage destinées aux petits passereaux. Elles s'y montrent très pacifiques, se nourrissant serrées les unes contre les autres. Très tôt au printemps, elles exécutent leur spectaculaire vol nuptial : après un vol ascendant très abrupt, la tourterelle redescend en planant, avec les ailes recourbées vers le bas et en poussant des roucoulements sonores caractéristiques. Elle se perche volontiers sur les poteaux télégraphiques, les antennes TV et les toits, d'où elle pousse son cri répétitif.

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The Turkish turtledove finds its food in the vicinity of the man. She shares the seeds for the hens and makes real raids in the fields of wheat and the courses of farms. In winter, Turkish turtledoves wander in small groups in parks and green spaces and frequent feeding areas for small passerines. They are very peaceful, feeding tightly against one another. Very early in the spring, they perform their spectacular mating flight: after a very steep ascending flight, the turtledove descends while hovering, with the wings bent down and pushing characteristic sound cooing. She perches willingly on telegraph poles, TV antennas, and roofs, whence she utters her repetitive cry.

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Zenaida macroura (Columbidae)

It gets its name from the mournful sound of its cooing.

Il tire son nom du son lugubre de son roucoulement

Common names: American mourning dove or the rain dove,

Carolina turtledove.

Noms communs: Tourtelle de la Caroline, Carolina pigeon.

C'est avec cette photo souvenir de cet été de cette tourterelle des bois que je vous souhaite une bonne année 2022.

Plein de belles rencontres animalières et de superbes photos à tous à mes abonnés de Flickr.

Un grand merci à tous pour vos visites, vos commentaires, et vos favoris aussi, qui sont toujours très appréciés.

It is with this souvenir photo of this summer of this turtledove that

I wish you a happy new year 2022.

Lots of beautiful animal encounters and great photos to all of my Flickr subscribers.

A big thank you to all for your visits, your comments, and your favorites too, which are always very much appreciated.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, MY FRIENDS....

*** Nouvelle espèce ***

Cette tourterelle des bois vient rejoindre ma galerie photos.

Un grand merci à tous pour vos visites, vos commentaires, et favoris aussi qui sont toujours très appréciés.

Le Ministère de la transition écologique et solidaire vient de soumettre à la consultation du public un projet d’arrêté visant à suspendre la chasse de la Tourterelle des bois jusqu'au 30 juillet 2022.

La ligue pour la protection des oiseaux (LPO) donne un avis favorable à ce projet d’arrêté.

Selon le suivi des oiseaux communs, la tourterelle a perdu 50% de ses effectifs entre 2001 et 2019.

C'est une espèce farouche et difficile à voir.

Dès la fin avril à la migration de septembre, la tourterelle est plutôt un oiseau des paysages ouverts parsemés d'arbres, de buissons, de haies et de bosquets. On la trouve souvent dans les fourrés bordant les terres cultivées, où elle cherche l'essentiel de sa nourriture.

*** New species ***

This turtledove comes to join my photo gallery.

A big thank you to all for your visits, your comments, and favorites too, which are always very much appreciated.

The Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive Transition has just submitted for public consultation a draft decree aimed at suspending the hunting of the Turtle Dove until July 30, 2022.

The League for the Protection of Birds (LPO) gives a favorable opinion to this draft decree.

According to the monitoring of common birds, the turtledove lost 50% of its numbers between 2001 and 2019.

It is a fierce species and difficult to see.

From the end of April to the September migration, the turtledove is rather a bird of open landscapes dotted with trees, bushes, hedges and groves. It is often found in the thickets bordering cultivated land, where it forages most of its food.

Source: Oiseaux.net

Waterloo Township, Michigan

The mourning dove is a member of the dove family, Columbidae. The bird is also known as the American mourning dove or the rain dove, and erroneously as the turtle dove, and was once known as the Carolina pigeon or Carolina turtledove. It is one of the most abundant and widespread of all North American birds.

The mournful cooing of the Mourning Dove is one of our most familiar bird sounds. From southern Canada to central Mexico, this is one of our most common birds, often abundant in open country and along roadsides. European settlement of the continent, with its opening of the forest, probably helped this species to increase. It also helps itself, by breeding prolifically: In warm climates, Mourning Doves may raise up to six broods per year, more than any other native bird.

I found this one in my backyard in Polk County, Florida.

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North Norfolk.

Thanks for viewing, and for any favs/comments.

Turtle Dove

Famalicão - Portugal

It was a very memorable time taking a few shots of this super dove at Titchwell.

Curious friends

Zenaida macroura ( Columbidae - Columbidés)

It gets its name from the mournful sound of its cooing.

Il tire son nom du son lugubre de son roucoulement

Common names: American mourning dove or the rain dove,

Carolina turtledove.

Noms communs: Tourtelle de la Caroline, Carolina pigeon.

Lots of cooing going on here with these two Mourning Dove's.

The mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) is a member of the dove family, Columbidae. The bird is also known as the American mourning dove, the rain dove, and colloquially as the turtle dove, and was once known as the Carolina pigeon and Carolina turtledove. It is one of the most abundant and widespread of all North American birds. It is also a leading gamebird, with more than 20 million birds (up to 70 million in some years) shot annually in the U.S., both for sport and for meat. Its ability to sustain its population under such pressure is due to its prolific breeding; in warm areas, one pair may raise up to six broods of two young each in a single year. The wings make an unusual whistling sound upon take-off and landing, a form of sonation. The bird is a strong flier, capable of speeds up to 88 km/h. It is the national bird of the British Virgin Islands. Mourning doves are light grey and brown and generally muted in color. Males and females are similar in appearance. The species is generally monogamous, with two squabs (young) per brood. Both parents incubate and care for the young. Mourning doves eat almost exclusively seeds, but the young are fed crop milk by their parents. 31664

The mourning dove is a member of the dove family, Columbidae. The bird is also known as the American mourning dove or the rain dove, and erroneously as the turtle dove, and was once known as the Carolina pigeon or Carolina turtledove.

Zomertortel (Streptopelia turtur) (European) Turtle Dove drinking at the pond

Thanks everybody for your visit!

Ma tourterelle qui a 20 ans.

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(Tourterelle des bois)

(Turteltaube)

(Tortora selvatica)

(European Turtle Dove)

(Streptopelia turtur)

One from earlier this year at Titchwell, fabulous dove.

North Norfolk.

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Spritz looking at a pair of turtledoves that have nested in our garden

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Mirando a una pareja de tórtolas que ha anidado en nuestro jardín