Call of the Wild

Woke up this morning to a Mourning Dove right outside my bedroom window. Quite a noisy bugger, too.

I found this odd as I've never heard one in the Cities before...I never thought they inhabited this area.

I associate Mourning Doves with summers in Austin. I remember hearing a couple of them every single morning when we visited Grandma & Grandpa B. when I was a kid. It seemed like they were thick as thieves down there.

It's just so weird as today it is mid-April and there is a dust of snow on the ground and the temp is a bit cool.

And to me, whenever I hear a Mourning Dove, it should be early morning during the height of summer in Austin.