All Are Welcome Here
I had this rather large visitor to my birdbath/dripper this evening, though she didn't sit on the available perch (a good thing, I suppose). She wiped that little birdbath clean too - but ,at well over 45 kg. (100 lbs.), she would probably require a lot more water than your average Yellow-rumped Warbler or Western Tanager . . .
(Actually, this post's title isn't entirely correct. Skunks and Brown-headed Cowbirds are not welcome here.)
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Kevin, just as I'm thinking "oh my!" looking at your photo, and laughing as to who is NOT welcome, I find a mourning dove has just landed on my hanging platform feeder. Another "oh my!" That is a really cute photo of the doe -- she must have been really thirsty. :)
Posted by: Mary Carlson | June 1, 2008 04:04 PM
So was the Mourning Dove not welcome at your feeder or just an unusual sighting? They'd be okay here because, as in Florida, they are being displaced by Eurasian-collared Doves (not in the park yet, thankfully).
The doe probably wishes I had a bigger birdbath; she was working pretty hard to lap up every last drop . . .
Posted by: Kevin | June 2, 2008 05:58 AM