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Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

Photo by timgreenleaf
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Field Notes

Description:

Best guess ID: mourning dove chick.

Habitat:

Suburban forest

Notes:

Found this baby bird last night -- was still there this morning and seems to have been abandoned.

Update: we rescued this bird. The screenshot of my wife's Facebook update completes the story.

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PublishedJuly 13, 2013

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