Nasty weather in Ballito on the Dolphin Coast (Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa) (reports of hail storms inland), cold for this time of the year, and two Laughing Doves (Spilopelia senegalensis) seeking shelter on my patio. 🖤
They are the most common little dove found in South Africa and are a resident breeder in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and Western Australia.
Males and females look the same, but they can be distinguished from one another by the male’s courtship bobbing up and down when pursuimg a female. Mating pairs are monogamous and often mate for life.
because
i could watch you
for a single minute
i found
a thousand things
that i love
about you
— unknown
