If you have read other posts on 'my' doves, you will know that the tamest pair in the flight, and the ones that spend more time in my office than the others are LightFeet and BigFeet2 (so named because compared with his feathery feet and legs hers are lightly feathered, and she was named directly after him, well before they became mates; and he was the second with feet like that).
It is hard to get a closeup of fast-moving doves but I managed earlier to get a fairly good one of them earlier, feeding on muesli on the paper towels that protect the music keyboard--which they make straight for whenever they come inside. I particularly like the way LightFeet's eye has come out. It shows how calm and tame she is, even in the face of a flash going off close to her, and how beautiful her eyes are. As you can see she has grey circlets round them, as does her mate. Many doves have pink ones, but I think the grey is the most beautiful.
LightFeet also has another distinguishing feature--that vertical groove in the feathers on her neck and breast. She has had it since she was a chick. She is also the only one in the flight who purrs. She will settle happily on my shoulder and purr in my ear. She likes being there.
It is hard to get a closeup of fast-moving doves but I managed earlier to get a fairly good one of them earlier, feeding on muesli on the paper towels that protect the music keyboard--which they make straight for whenever they come inside. I particularly like the way LightFeet's eye has come out. It shows how calm and tame she is, even in the face of a flash going off close to her, and how beautiful her eyes are. As you can see she has grey circlets round them, as does her mate. Many doves have pink ones, but I think the grey is the most beautiful.
LightFeet also has another distinguishing feature--that vertical groove in the feathers on her neck and breast. She has had it since she was a chick. She is also the only one in the flight who purrs. She will settle happily on my shoulder and purr in my ear. She likes being there.
