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A Ground-Nest Tea

several mourning doves frequented the feeders for small seeds gently they ruffled feathers around neck and head as they slowly fed full after twenty minutes they went to ground to clean each other each took turns picking seeds from the others upper body feathers and when a beak be seed full the seed-picker then fed them back to the other this custom being times natural on-nest-tea stan sand

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Heidi Sands

Date: 8/30/2023 11:35:00 AM

This is interesting and fun to read. Thanks for sharing :)

Sand Blown
Date: 9/11/2023 11:47:00 AM

....thanks for the comment....natures actions and shapes be natures natural 'arithmetic and geometry'....as opposed to regular school book teachings......stan

Tom Woody

Date: 8/26/2023 5:26:00 PM

Nice poetic nature observations Stanley. Birds can be fascinating to watch. I especially like the crows. Does that make me a darkie?

Sand Blown
Date: 8/26/2023 6:07:00 PM

...crows and ravens are define-it favorites....wowza man...... .....stan