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Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

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42.3901, -72.5205

Field Notes

Notes:

This recently fledged dove was sitting under a tree waiting out a rain shower while its parents were sitting in a branch just above it.

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Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Comments (2)
ScottRasmussen
It was raining, and I think it's fluffier because it's a baby. Yours is a nice sleek adult mourning dove.
SusanEllison
it must cold all fluffed up is mine the same?: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6512024

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PublishedJuly 11, 2011

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