[Photo used with permission of Scott Vrana: see his wonderful photos at: http://500px.com/ScottVrana]
I was out picking figs the other day and was startled to see this creature about 2 feet from my nose! Was he or she eating my figs? Probably not. This is a fledgling, most likely a mourning dove (any birders out there to confirm?), and their major diet is seed that they generally eat off the ground. Doves are not fruit eaters as far as I can tell, so he was just an incidental visitor. That mockingbird, on the other hand...
Happy gardening and keep an eye out for the wildlife!
*Lagniappe: "something extra" in Cajun.
*Lagniappe: "something extra" in Cajun.
I would have been very excited to see this creature so close up. Nice that Scott was able to capture her or him for a photo.
ReplyDeleteI clicked over to Scott's phote site. Very nice! Photography is in my future... near, I hope; maybe birding, too. :)