Yamama (Rock Dove), Lake Nassir, Egypt, 2008.

...because I am physically incapable of traveling anywhere with a camera and NOT snapping at least one bird picture. ^_^;

Also, I loved the composition, with the branches just so and the dove all cozy and contentedly napping away...

"Yamama" is one of the words I learned on this trip. The local security guard swore it was what the rock doves are called in Arabic. I pray he wasn't fibbing...