Day 13 AvesInArt Challenge

The subtle colors of the mourning dove are easy to miss - it could pass as just another grayish-brown bird - but look closely and you find pastel blue, iridescent violet and warm pink.

Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura.
January 2015.  Connecticut, USA

I love the silhouettes made by winter trees against a late-afternoon winter sky.  Add to that the spectacle of hundreds of crows coming to roost and you get a moment of pure magic.  The agile and boisterous crows jostle for positions on the highest branches, keeping up a constant chorus of corvid communication.

American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos. Sharpie marker
January 13, 2015  West Haven, Connecticut, USA