Merry Christmas!

The Mourning Doves have been around a lot in the past few days. This one looks shy!

Hope everyone's having a wonderful Christmas!

[Lauren D.]

Great shot! Love the clarity!

[scooter]

Wow, what a beautiful shot!! Merry Christmas!!!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Merry Christmas Anne. This is a wonderful closeup. Great focus.

[Beverly Carmichael]

He does look shy. They bring you good luck, you know. Merry Christmas Anne; I hope you had a peaceful and happy day!

[K J Buehl]

Fantastic Close Up! Love all the detail in the mourning dove!

[summerfield]

fabulous close up, anne. love the details and the lighting.

[Livia]

She looks hesitant and shy. What a lovely shot!

[Diane]

Another great bird photo! Great detail.

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Nice capture! nice dof and... is that sunflower seeds he is on? Looks neat.

[Anne ❀]

@espyetta thanks marybetth! yes, lots of sunflower seeds. my husband lines the deck railings with them

[Rick Schies]

Wow, such a great close-up, nicely done.

[Danielle Greenwood]

beautiful shot.

[karenann]

Oh, Anne. How soft and lovely this is. You get the best clarity on these birds . . down to the feathers! Beautiful.

[Jennifer C]

awesome detail, faved xxx

[Terry]

I love to hear them coooooing

[Judith Johnson]

WOW - what a superb close-up. Merry Christmas to you too.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[TriXie]

how cuuute!

[Allison Maltese]

That's a coy bird. He is so brown. Ours are much greyer here, unless the difference is just the warm light. Lovely shot.

[☯ Sarah ☁]

LOL! He does look coy, very cute :)

[Shirley Banford]

Sweet picture. You get the best bird pictures. I'm setting up my tripod next week and aiming at the feeders. Too bad we don't have any snow, but 40 degrees isn't bad.

[Mike Warren]

Nice capture. Love the detail.

[Rosie Kind]

Oh such a lovely bird and a great capture. Enjoy your Christmas

[Carolyn White]

Beautiful capture! It does look a little shy. :0)

[Michael Elliott]

Beautiful capture Anne. I hope you had a joyful Christmas with your family and friends. :)

[Brian Buccigrossi]

Wonderful light!

[Trina P Holub]

Awwww, so pretty! The ones around here wear sky blue eyeliner

[Carole Imes]

What a sweet capture of this mourning dove. Fab closeup and you captured the shyness so well.

[Mary Lou]

beautiful shot! The lighting is perfect.

[Mimi Ditchie]

A belated Merry Christmas to you. Beautiful catch!

[Allie]

You are really making the most of this beautiful winter sun. Mourning doves are so gentle.