Throw Back Thursday (TBT)
Unlike many birds, mourning doves are prone to frostbitten toes. Can they do anything to avoid it?
Last Sunday morning when it was 2o F, two mourning doves flew in to stand on the dry patch in my heated bird bath. They were warming their feet!
This morning it is zero degrees Fahrenheit so I expect they’ll be back.
Here’s why they need to warm their toes in an article from January 2010: Cold Feet.
(photo by Marcy Cunkelman)