White Wing Dove

They can swallow water without moving their heads and they use a secretion from the esophagus, known as crop milk, to feed nestlings. Both parents may consume snails and bone fragments to help their bodies create the nutritious fluid.Although the White-winged Dove is mostly resident in the Southwest, it is expanding its range, and individuals can be found far afield. White-winged Doves have been seen from Alaska to Ontario, Maine, Newfoundland. It usually eats fruits and large seeds from plants like panic grass, spurge,bristle grass, Chinese tallow, lime prickly-ash, Mexican jumping beans,leather weed, brasil, privet, ocotillo, pigeon berry, and saguaro. White-winged Doves may eat snails and bone fragments as a source of calcium. They also consume small stones to help pulverize plant material in their gizzards.