Doves
Mourning doves are plentiful in my yard. I wrote a poem on them awhile back.
you may call them turtle doves; monogamous pairs
yet menage a trois at times, during courtship games
when wings whistle on take-off, flying fast and straight
they live thirty years or more and stay through seasons
their streamlined yet pudgy forms, of silk, milked cocoa
forage seeds with strut and peck, filling crop caches
to later roost and digest, safe and high in pines
side by side brown-spotted wings, cooing lullabies
Doves are a symbol of peace and devotion to me.
What symbolizes peace and devotion to you?
Tao-Talk 
I love the sound of mourning doves cooing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKcv4aPnOmQ&t=11s
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Thank you for sharing this wonderful video. You’re right, the cooing brings instant relaxation.
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p.s. How could I have forgotten to include their cooing? Thanks for pointing that out.
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Oops, I didn’t mean to post an anonymous comment! That was me.
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Thanks again, Josna.
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I love looking at birds, too. I find them very calming. This is a lovely poem on doves.
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Smitha, thank you. Josna pointed out I forgot their coos in the poem, probably one of their most endearing features. I may have to write an addendum now as it’s bugging me.
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Aww lovely!
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Thanks, Chris!
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Very nice poem Lisa…I love birds and that includes doves.
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Thanks, Max. I know you love critters in general.
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Guilty as charged.
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A beautiful poem for a lovely bird
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Thanks, Sadje. But I forgot their coo!
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🥰🥰🥰
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I love to hear them coo in the morning, which is why, I suppose, people call the “morning doves.” They are not the brightest birds, they often try to build a nest in inappropriate places! If you can call a few sticks a “nest.”
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Thanks, Lisa. It’s actually mourning, not morning. I’ve never seen one of their nests. Interesting!
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Yes, gentle, lovely birds.
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Lovely poem, Lisa. For some reason, when I hearing the mourning doves cooing, I feel all is right with the world!
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Dana, I’m the same way. Thank you.
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That image of the doves on the ground was really interesting. I see them hear all the time in the trees, and hear their very distinctive coo, but I have never seen them on the ground or perched near the ground. Thanks for sharing.
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Happy you saw them in a different way.
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I don’t know if I have a symbol like that. I guess doves or the peace sign.
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We have lots of mourning doves here, though many less than pigeons. I don’t mind if they land on my window sill; the pigeons I shoo away. They are definitely more peaceful.
I often see them on the ground in Riverside Park. They like to hang out with the sparrows. (K)
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Happy you do.
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It is true that doves symbolize peace and devotion to me as well. I think of doves carrying an olive branch, and they coo so gently. Lovely post, Lisa!
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<3
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Before we had to take down our birdfeeders so we could rebuild our deck, we had a pair of doves that visited every day. I love listening to them…
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Wonderful, Donna. I wonder where they went after that…
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I’m sure they are hitting up the neighbors. We hope to get our new feeders up soon but it will be in the backyard, not on the deck. BUT, I have a 20x zoom camera. {grin}
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Nice on the 20x!
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I had gotten rid of my last camera (gave it to my youngest granddaughter) after our Europe vacation and was using my iPhone. Then we planned another cruise to Alaska and I found this Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS25 on ebay in great condition. Most of my past cameras have been Panasonics. I grabbed it – then we cancelled the cruise. LOL! So I will try to use it more around home.
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That camera came to you for a reason. I bet you get some fabulous photos from it.
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Beautiful poem and dove is lovely bird, peaceful and calm.
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Thank you!
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Love the poem, Li, as well as the sound of doves which always take me back to visiting my maternal grandparents who lived in the country. If you hadn’t tagged Prince, I would have mentioned him anyway…
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Thanks much, Andrew. Glad the doves brought back a happy memory. And yes on Prince!
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We have lots of these doves and a few other kinds of doves. I love hearing them coo, too.
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I love mourning doves, too. Have a couple that hang out on the lines in my back yard. It’s funny, my husband hated their coo. Made him sad.
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Was your husband prone to depression? Just wondering because it sounds like he was on the edge of it and feared falling in. Just guessing of course :(
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Not even a little.
He just hated the sound of the doves :)
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We have mourning doves too, in the two trees that make our “yard” and they perch on the eaves of the house too. I love to hear their coos in the morning.
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Wonderful wildlife neighbors!
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I love watching the birds in my yard – mostly robins, I think. But they hop around with such purpose and I love trying to figure out what they’re up to! It’s also nice to wake up to them chirping in the mornings.
– Allison
https://lightningflashwriting.blogspot.com/
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Allison glad you have birds to watch. There is something about them that humans find fascinating isn’t there.
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I love mourning doves, too. They’re so pretty, and the cooing never fails to make me feel better – a little like purring in that regard! Also, I love “When Doves Cry.”
https://nydamprintsblackandwhite.blogspot.com
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Anne, I love the idea of doves “bird purring”!
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