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Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
29.9519, -95.5409
Field Notes
Description:
This mourning dove often matches its open-country surroundings. It is delicate brown to buffy-tan overall, with black spots on the wings and black-bordered white tips to the tail feathers. Plump-bodied and long-tailed, with short legs, small bill, and a head that looks particularly small in comparison to the body.
Habitat:
You can see Mourning Doves nearly anywhere except the deep woods. Look for them in fields or patches of bare ground, or on overhead perches like telephone wires.
Notes:
Mourning Doves fly fast on powerful wingbeats, sometimes making sudden ascents, descents, and dodges, their pointed tails stretching behind them.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMay 30, 2014
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