The Woo Woo Kid
Spring is in full effect despite some cool breezes that once in a while makes us raise one eyebrow. Anyway, this is what’s going on in my backyard lately. There are some bird parents that are flying accompanying their fledglings to the feeders more often, while other parents are simply watching from the background how their brood behave by themselves.
There’s another group of parents that carry seeds in their crop or bills to take to their nests e.g. Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Eastern Towhee, N. Cardinals, C. Grackles, etc.
Then you can see a bunch of Northern Cardinals still playing tag looking for a mate. I’ve seen couples of Northern Mockingbirds too!
Now we get down the list to the Mourning Doves, they are the worse of the group. They are the “freshest” birds I know they disregard privacy and monogamy.
I shot a series of pictures in a sequence were this male Mourning Dove ends up “shtooping” two females one after the other!. Phew! (Please pardon my french)
“Should we rename these birds to Moaning Doves?”
Here’s the gallery:
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- May I have a cigarette please?
Text and photographs © HJ Ruiz – Avian101
H.J. Ruiz - Avian101 
Thank you for the laugh this morning, H.J! 😀
Thanks Amy! 🙂
Never thought we’d stoop so low. Have you rated this post as NSFW? Adult Content? My wife is a bit upset with you. I can’t keep my hands off her this morning. Please warn me next time you post bird porn!
You didn’t mention if you got lucky though… 🙂
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This made me laugh, thanks HJ. 🙂
Thank you Jet! Just think how boring life would be without humor! 🙂
They certainly seem to be the most … ahh … active in that area, HJ ! – same down here. That must be why they’re all over the bloody place ! 🙂
Yep! You got it! It’s like rabbits, woo woo all day! 🙂
My flat looks over a two-storey business complex across the road; and the pigeons are on the roof almost all the time. If I ever wanted to catch up on woo woo action, I’d only have to cast my eye down there …
The people who own the complex keep trying to get rid of ’em; only works for about a month. [grin]
So is it like having cable TV, porno everywhere? 🙂
R O T F L !!!! Not quite, thank all the gods … [grin]
I used to have Mourning Doves mating on my window sill and their necks both lit up in iridescence. Nice to see they feel at home in your yard. 🙂
Just make sure you close your window OK? Thanks for sharing Lisa! 🙂
Very funny! Thank-you HJ. The Wood Pigeons in my garden are the funniest wooers. The males are very graceful at first bowing their heads and spreading out their tail feathers. When they’ve had enough of that they start to make their move on the female by jumping towards her, feet together. She usually carries on eating and ignores him or walks off with him bouncing along behind her – so undignified!
Thank you for sharing Clare! 🙂
You’re welcome!