June Words #30 - Wildlife

I'm idling around at home today, I have no wish or desire to go out.

The only wildlife I've been able to spot and capture today are these birds on my neighbours’ solar-heating installation on their roof. Their house is pretty far away, it's higher up the hill than our property, I was shooting more or less into the midday sun, so the image is not the best.

The bird basking in the sun with the raised wing is a spotted dove. They are usually in pairs; I wonder where the mate is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_dove

[KV]

Love the raised wing… it looks like the birds are sitting on a cook pot.

[Mags]

Nice spotting and capture!

[Karen]

@kvphoto
lol! You're right - those older pressure cooker pots!

[Bucktree]

Terrific capture. I like the backlight on the wing that is spread out. That is quite the contraption the birds are resting on.

[GaryW]

Beautiful detail of the wing!

[Kathy]

It’s nice to see the birds but more interesting is the solar water heater.

[Kathy A]

The light through his wing is amazing.

That solar heating contraption is very interesting

[haskar]

Lovely light and scene.