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This is a discussion on Turtle Dove within the Animals (mammals, birds, insects etc.) forums, part of the Show your photo (Color) - Landscape & Nature (flowers, mountains, storms etc.) category; Kat asked me in my Flickr album whether I use feed to get the photos of the Rainbow Lorikeets I've ...

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    Kat asked me in my Flickr album whether I use feed to get the photos of the Rainbow Lorikeets I've taken. My answer was no because I hadn't taken any with feed yet.

    However, I have been setting up to do just that.

    This is a shot of my first bird using feed to entice them. It's in my backyard where I have buried an old fence post into the ground. The post has hollow sections and I put the bird seed in there.

    A short while ago I got this Spotted Turtle Dove having a meal

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    man - you have got theeeee coolest wild life in your neighborhood of any one!!! love seeing them!!

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    Agree with TT. I'm so jealous!

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    Oh he is a pretty bird! Nice capture!

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    Thanks ladies

    Do you not get Doves/pigeons where you are?

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    Great shot and a creative way to get it. Now I know what a Turtle Dove looks like. I always wondered when that guy got two for Christmas from his "true love" just what they looked like

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michaelaw View Post
    Great shot and a creative way to get it. Now I know what a Turtle Dove looks like. I always wondered when that guy got two for Christmas from his "true love" just what they looked like
    Until today I didn't know either! We get these birds in the yard quite often ... just thought they were pigeons and nothing special. Well it is a pigeon but specifically a Spotted Turtle Dove my new Birds of Australia identification book shows me

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    Sweet! I never saw one either! Great shot! Great idea for the feed too!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mad Aussie View Post
    Thanks ladies
    Do you not get Doves/pigeons where you are?
    I think we have maybe, 5 pigeons in Edmonton I mostly just see geese. There are falcons around but definitely not in the city. Would have to go out into the country to find them; I wouldn't even know where to look!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gem View Post
    I think we have maybe, 5 pigeons in Edmonton I mostly just see geese. There are falcons around but definitely not in the city. Would have to go out into the country to find them; I wouldn't even know where to look!
    In the sky Gem

    I'll post a couple more shots from my little shoot on my 'stumps' shortly ... anyone seen a Magpie-Lark?

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