Doves on Candid Camera

While snowed in at the family homestead around Christmastime, we enjoyed digging out spots for the birds (and bunnies) to come and get a snack. We also took advantage of an available trail camera to get some candid shots (and especially to see how many bunnies came during the night). 

Here are a few pictures of the doves that enjoyed partaking of the daily feast - the photos are a little dark because it's early morning - well, early for winter hours, since the sun is so lazy about rising these days. 

There's a pretty large group that parachutes in to snack together. I love the fact that the trail camera catches the flight action. In the picture above, there's a dove flying in just about in the exact center of the picture.
 

Here's another picture with a dove coming in for a landing, along with a cardinal right behind him.

 

This was my favorite dove action picture, though. I love the way its wings are twisted in what looks like an impossible position for flight. There's also an evening grosbeak taking to the air toward the middle of the picture. 

We'd go out and retrieve the card from the camera every morning and looked to see what it had captured as we drank our caffeinated brew. There were always a couple of fun pictures in the mix.  

Oh, and the answer is five, if you were wondering how many bunnies came in during the night. Five was the largest number caught in a picture at one time. Usually we'd get three of four at a time.