Protective Mom in Phoenix, Arizona

A dove sits in a nest with her chick. The nest is high in a stand of Organ Pipe cactus. Not sure why her beak is bloody.

Taken in Phoenix, Arizona on Jul 26, 2010

Keywords dove Desert Botanical Garden

Category Birds

Camera

Canon EOS 7D

Lens

Aperture

F5.6

ISO

100

Focal length

375.0 mm

Program type

Shutter speed

1/32 sec

Exposure bias