Palo Verde Blossoms and White-winged Dove Atop a Saguaro — Image by kenne
There are many signs of May being here; however, two really stand out: (1) Yellow Palo Verde Blossoms are everywhere; (2) have arrived and a ready to be a pollinator for the Saguaro cacti. When saguaros flower, white-winged doves move from flower to flower, sipping nectar and pollinating the plant. Once the flowers become fruit, the doves have a new food source.
The white-winged doves have figured out how to land on this feeder and proceed to ‘pig-out,’ making it difficult for smaller birds to feed. Fortunately, this is not the case with the more awkward mourning doves; they end up getting any spillage on the ground.
Just like the white-winged dove Sings a song, sounds like she’s singing Ooh, ooh, ooh Just like the white-winged dove Sings a song, sounds like she’s singing Ooh, baby, ooh, said ooh
And the days go by, like a strand in the wind In the web that is my own, I begin again Said to my friend, baby (everything stopped) Nothin’ else mattered
He was no more than a baby then Well, he seemed broken-hearted Something within him But the moment that I first laid Eyes on him, all alone On the edge of seventeen
Just like the white-winged dove Sings a song, sounds like she’s singing I said ooh, baby, ooh, said ooh Just like the white-winged dove Sings a song, sounds like she’s singing I said ooh, baby, ooh, said ooh
“The Early Bird Gets the Nectar” (White-winged Dove on Saguaro Cactus Buds) — Image by kenne
In April, the budding of saguaros is followed by the return of white-winged doves from Mexico who love the nectar in the saguaro blossoms. This image captures a white-winged dove atop buds soon to blossom — another take on “The early bird gets the worm.”
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The white-winged doves spend their summers here in southern Arizona. There are signs they are beginning to migrate south for the remainder of the year.
White-winged Dove — Image by kenne
White Winged Dove and Ocotillo Blossoms — Images by kenne
White-Winged Dove — Images by kenne
