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Rock Dove

Columba livia

Photo by 15kmccoy
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Field Notes

Description:

Orange eyes
black tip
typical blue-gray bird
two dark wing bars

Habitat:

city pigeons nest on buildings and window ledges. In the countryside they also nest on barns and grain towers, under bridges, and on natural cliffs.

Reference Links:

Rock Pigeon, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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