Diamond Dove by fishers

Diamond Dove

Another shot taken at the aviary at Burnby Hall gardens, Pocklington.

Wikipedia says "The diamond dove (Geopelia cuneata) is a resident bird in Australia. The dove predominantly exists in areas near water but which are lightly arid or semi-arid in nature, being Central, West and Northern Australia. They are one of Australia's smallest pigeons along with the peaceful dove. They have been spotted occasionally in Southern Australia in parks and gardens when the centre of Australia is very dry."

Ian
Great capture
November 28th, 2016  
Super close up and details...that bright orange ring around the eye is neat :)
November 28th, 2016  
Beautiful close up. We don't get them in our part of Australia on the east coast. Looking on the map of where they are resident, it seems to be further inland and north.
November 28th, 2016  
A great close up of this beautiful dove. love the eye colors splashing in this capture. Fav.
November 28th, 2016  
Nice close up, great detail.
November 28th, 2016  
Thank you for show-casing these lovely Australian birds.
November 28th, 2016  
So interesting to the all the different birds from the aviary, natives from Australia. thanks for sharing. fav.
November 28th, 2016  
Looks all puffed up ! So cute
November 29th, 2016  
Thank you for the info. and I think he could thrive in our climate. A lovely pigeon and the orange ring around the eye is so very unique. He looks well fed, too. Beautiful capture of him.
November 29th, 2016  
great capture with wonderful details, especially around the eye. thank you for the information, also.
November 29th, 2016  
very cool..fav and follow
November 29th, 2016  
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Thank you all for your comments and favs, which put this shot on the popular page.

I hope you've enjoyed this brief series of shots from Pocklington. It's an interesting town, and I was particularly impressed with Burnby Hall gardens, so I suspect it won't be too long before I make another visit.

Ian
November 29th, 2016  
Bob
Nice capture.
November 29th, 2016  
@bobhuegel

Thank you Bob

Ian
November 30th, 2016  
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