Cooling fountain hits the spot
September 04, 2015
Do you ever have one of those days where you just want to stick your fanny in a fountain and watch the world go by?
This white-winged dove did just that this morning. While putting together lunch, I looked out the kitchen window and spotted him there. The doves are usually flighty at the fountain, but this one cooled his, ahem, heels for about 15 minutes. With growing amusement I watched him and even had time to retrieve my camera, put on the long lens, and snap some shots.
Kinda makes you wonder what he’d gotten into.
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Too many bird peppers for breakfast?
I love how the blue of the fountain is repeated in the blue area around his eyes. Maybe he simply realized how flattering his locale was. He’d heard there were paparazzi around and was just waiting…. “I’m ready for my close-up Ms. Penick!”.
I noticed the blue echo too. I just love their “eyeliner”! —Pam
I noticed the blue too. It’s a beautiful photo.
Maybe he was just waiting for you to snap a pic so we could all notice how his eyeliner matches the fountain. 😉
Yes, I think so, Lori. 😉 —Pam
I know people sometimes add pepper flakes to bird seed to deter mammals, so maybe he ate some spicy food?
Something not good was going on down there, I think. Or maybe he’s just tired of summer, like the rest of us in Austin. —Pam
The fountain looks so refreshing, it must feel great on a hot day. I like the white edges to its wings and tail, and of course the blue eyeliner is great. I’d stay there too.
I wonder if he’ll come back for another soak. I’ll keep an eye out. —Pam
I was amazed on how forward thinking you were. Obviously you planned for the dove to visit your bird bath and picked one to EXACTLY match its eye ring.
🙂 —Pam
I have had robins sit in the bath and dare other birds to bother him. Fun to see a dove enjoying the bubbler.
I don’t think of robins as being so badass, Lisa. If you’d said blue jay, I wouldn’t have been at all surprised. —Pam
So cute! Great shot!
Thanks, Katherine. —Pam
As doves go, he’s an exceptionally handsome guy. For some reason I don’t understand, the doves here visit our fountain in the evening, after it shuts off, and just sit there in the dry top tier looking bereft (although doves always look a little bereft to me). Maybe they’re purposefully avoiding the rowdy daytime visitors but it’s odd.
Your story jives perfectly with how I think of doves, Kris, i.e., not the sharpest tools in the shed. —Pam
I think I have read the dove soakes water in and on their feathers to take back to their young.
Interesting, BFair! —Pam
I’m not at all surprised that your garden attracts designer birds.
Hah! —Pam
I must admit when I think of the expression ‘bubble butt’, this has never come to mind. However, looking at your pic makes me think ‘birdie bidet’, lol!
Perhaps he IS using it as a birdie bidet. 🙂 —Pam