Dove on Saguaro
by Judi Dressler
Title
Dove on Saguaro
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
We drove through the edge of Saguaro National Park in the Arizona desert, looking for birds on top of the immense, tall saguaro cacti that dotted the landscape. Almost always, when we did see a bird, it was a White-winged Dove, which surprised me (being not from AZ), as I somehow thought they would be hawks or other, rougher-type birds. Those blossoms might just be delicious!
From Cornell Labs website: 'Originally a bird of desert thickets, the White-winged Dove has become a common sight in cities and towns across the southern U.S. When perched, this bird’s unspotted brown upperparts and neat white crescents along the wing distinguish it from the ubiquitous Mourning Dove. In flight, those subdued crescents become flashing white stripes worthy of the bird’s common name. Take a closer look and you’ll see a remarkably colorful face, with bright-orange eyes and blue “eye shadow.”'
Photo taken near Tuscon, AZ, in the Suguaro National Park, in April, 2017
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Won 1st Place in FAA's SUCCULENTS AND CACTI contest, on 6/13/2023
Won 1st Place in FAA's DESERT FLORA contest on 3/25/2022
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Descriptive tags and keywords for this image include white-winged dove, white winged dove, dove, doves, white winged doves, bird, birds, desert, saguaro cactus, cactus, saguaro, cacti, blooming, flowers, flower, pigeon, pigeons, tropical, wildlife, arizona, az, southwest, dressler, judi dressler, animals, avian, zenaida asiatica, columbidae, and zenaida.
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Comments (33)
Morris Finkelstein
Revisiting this fabulous photograph, Judi! Congratulations on your First Place in the Succulents And Cacti 4 contest! F/L/Voted
Dawn Steiger
Congratulations, Judi, on your first place win in the Succulents and Cacti 4 contest! This is a beautiful image!
Barbara Moak
Wonderful capture, Judi. Congratulations on your 1st Place Win in the Succulent Cacti 4 contest. L/F/Voted this entry.
Taphath Foose
CONGRATULATIONS on your FIRST PLACE win in the Succulents and Cacti 4 contest!!! Beautiful work, Judi!! :)
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups Special Features Nominations For Promotion #22 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views Group....L/F/Tw
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Sarah Irland
Congratulations, Judi, on your Win in the Desert Flora Contest. What a gorgeous photograph! Voted.
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Judi – your stunning scene finished FIRST PLACE in the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Desert Flora photo contest! It will be placed on the group homepage as a special feature for the week, as well in the Contest Winners thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Brian Morefield - Prose Imagery
Great capture. Morning magic hour, some breakfast. Nice job with this Judi.
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