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Mourning Dove

Zenaida Macroura

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Field Notes

Notes:

this is the closest i've gotten to a mouring dove. in photos 1-3 he's perfectly still. in pic 4 he's starting to fluff up his feathers and in #5 he's taking off in a super-blurry shot :)

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Comments (3)
Caleb Steindel
that is so funny, @jemma! i do exactly the same thing! until i realize it's the middle of the day...:)
HemaShah
awesome! I always mistake their calls for an owls!

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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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Backyard birds of Northeastern USA
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PublishedMay 25, 2013

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