It Is Good To Be The King 1

by Linda Brody

Title

It Is Good To Be The King 1

Artist

Linda Brody

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Photograph - Photography

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It Is Good To Be The King 1. Chaos at the Feeder.

A Mourning Dove has just landed on our bird feeder pan. Chaos erupts. A large group of small Spice Finches or Nutmeg Mannkins have just had their meal disrupted by the large intruder. Bird seed flies everywhere. The Mourning Dove claims: "Its Good To Be the King!"

The Mourning Dove is a member of the dove family, Columbidae. The bird is also known as the American mourning dove or the rain dove, and erroneously as the turtle dove, and was once known as the Carolina pigeon or Carolina turtledove.

Mourning Doves perch on telephone wires and forage for seeds on the ground; their flight is fast and bullet straight. Their soft, drawn-out calls sound like laments. When taking off, their wings make a sharp whistling or whinnying. Mourning Doves are the most frequently hunted species in North America.

The Nutmeg Mannikin is an introduced species. Popular as a caged bird, some escaped or were released into the wild in Sydney and Brisbane in the 1930s. It is a small plump finch with a dark brown face and throat, The upper body is chestnut brown and the underparts are white with dark brown scalloping, while the legs, feet and the large, deep bill are grey. Juveniles are paler above and buff-brown below. The Nutmeg Mannikin flicks its wings and sways its tail constantly. It is usually seen in small flocks. This species is also known as the Spice Finch.

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#dove, #mourningdove, #spciefinch, #finch, #wildlife, #birds, #wildbirds, #birdsinflight, #flying, #birds in flight, #in the sun, #in the shade #shadows #

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July 24th, 2019

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