just bathed
crest fresh and styled
what a bird
style up now
need a fresh new look
for the mate
These birds are Crested Pigeons, native to most of Australia but more often seen inland and in drier habitats. They moved into Melbourne in small numbers during the big drought of the late 90’s and stayed. Usually a pair or two are seen in our area however this summer the birds in this photo have decided to spend a lot of time feeding for seeds in our yard. They are quite tame and I can now call them in with their Whoo Whoo sounds for some budgie seed. The crests are an amazing set of feathers, creating quite a style challenge for adventurous teenagers to copy?
The crested pigeons have offered themselves a subjects for Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge 80 challenge words Style&Fresh. Visit the challenge site here at https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2016/01/18/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-80-stylefresh/ and read some amazing haiku and also see what other creative activities Ronovan facilitates
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Beautiful Shots..!!
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Thanks , the birds are so tame its a matter of waiting for good conditions any day
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They are so lovely with their style 🙂 Wonderful haiku lines. Thank you dear Denis, have a nice weekend, love, nia
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Thanks Nia, they are a wonderful subject, so co-operative, like your cats.
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It is dawning on me that you have a way with birds–you get such great close ups –and I enjoyed the haiku–they capture what we see with a touch of humour .
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Not all birds are as tame and co-operative as these ones Janice . They are always hanging out around our back yard
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I enjoyed this soo much. Our feathered friends are so interesting to watch.
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They bare fascinating Meredith, I aim to get out looking for more to photograph this year.
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nicely done
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Thanks .The birds certainly helped with both haiku and images
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Both the haikus written so beautifully
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Thanks Ruby, they came quite easily and seemed ready for these birds.
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Beauties. I live the second photo which shows the stripes on his wings so clearly. Lovely haiku also. I am going to do 3 5 3 this week also…posting later today. 🙂 Have a fab weekend Denis.
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Thanks Melissa, the colouring comes out best on really sunny days, but they have to show their wings, usually they are face on to me. IF you are experimenting with 3/5/3 I found at the beginning that doing 5/7/5 then editing helped get the mindset going. Now I rarely have to do that. I can’t get VINTAGE into this one but may have an earlier blog that does.
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We happen to love pigeons in this house, and it’s nice to learn of a new breed, they’re lovely, and as them all, like to clean, and preen! Nice haikus!
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Thanks Veronica. These birds are more intelligent than the common pigeon imported from Europe.
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I like your informative commentary and yourjaunty haiku. I learnt a lot about pigeons. I hadn’t realised this type are native.
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Thanks Suzanne. They are an inland bird, I have never seen them on the west coast, but occasionally in the Grampians and certainly anywhere North of there.
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Innteresting. I was just thinking of going to the Grampians in the autumn if I can get away.
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What wonderful looking pigeons. Such a stylish crest! Lovely captures of their beauty, Denis. You are so lucky to have befriended them. Enjoy your new visitors.
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Thanks Olga. They are almost like tame chickens and run around the yard following me , at times almost under my feet.
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They know who feeds them.
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Lovely photos Denis, they clearly show the muted colourings and the beautiful metallic colours on their wings. I see some of these birds around home and they are quite timid. If you get too close they take off and you can hear a whistling sound as they fly away.
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Thanks Sue. Try putting a bit of budgie seed out when they are around. After a couple of days they will almost feed out of your hand.
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Ha, ha. Those birds are adorable. Great pictures and haiku. They put a smile on my face. 😀 xx
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Thanks Vashti. Did you spot the one legged bird??
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