The beautiful mourning dove

One of the largest group of birds in our

backyard are mourning doves.

The are native to this area and do not

migrate.

They mate for life and if their mate dies it

is very obvious that they are in mourning.

The nest they build are very sparse and are

not made thick at all.

There are huge fields around where they grow

sunflowers and the doves love these.

The sunflowers are cut down and left on the 

ground so that there are many doves

available during the dove hunting season.

I don't like this practice.