Ann & Steve Toon / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) chasing doves from waterhole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, January 2012

Klaus Echle / Stockdove (Columba oenas) shadow on the trunk of beech tree. Black Forest, Germany, April.

Stephen Dalton / Ringneck / Java dove {Streptopelia roseogrisea} flight sequence, multiflash image, UK

Michael Hutchinson / Feral pigeon / rock dove (Columba livia) perched on top of Empire State Building with view of Manhattan below, New York City, USA

Staffan Widstrand / Red-eyed Dove, (Streptopelia semitorquata) Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / Red-eyed doves (Streptopelia semitorquata) bathing, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / Red-eyed Dove, (Streptopelia semitorquata) next to water, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Heather Angel / Handkerchief / Dove tree (Davidia involucrata) inflorescence, stamens with green ovary and multi--rayed style beneath. Native to Sichuan ,northwest Yunnan, Guizhou and Hubei, China.

Ann & Steve Toon / Blackheaded heron (Ardea melanocephala) catching Cape turtle dove (Streptopelia capicola), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, February.

Ingo Arndt / Eurasian Collared-dove (Streptopelia decaocto) nest built from wire collected at a nearby junkyard, in collection at State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart / Staatliches Museum fr Naturkunde Stuttg...

Rod Williams / Male Black naped fruit dove (Ptilinopus melanospila) perched on branch, captive, occurs in South East Asia.

Denis-Huot / Mourning collared dove (Streptopelia decipiens) and red eyed dove (Streptopelia semitorquata), lake Magadi, Kenya, September.