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Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

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Description:

They have a plump body and a long thin pointed long-tailed. Short legs, small bill, and a head that looks particularly small in comparison to the body. They’re delicate brown to buffy-tan overall, with black spots on the wings and black-bordered white tips to the tail feathers.

Habitat:

Hunched down in the grass of a vacant field as a roadrunner ran by its feeding position.

Reference Links:

Mourning dove, Mourning Dove, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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