Wildlife Spotting

Here is another webpage with more info, photos and videos: http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/socorro-dove-zenaida-graysoni A photo there does look like the one in the photo. It's too bad you didn't get more photos. Is it's tail pointed like Mourning Dove and what is it's song like? Have you seen it again?

I would be hard pressed to say that it is a Socorro Dove because I have spent some time looking at your photo and photos of the Socorro Dove at various high quality websites. To me it is not dark enough to be a full Socorro Dove species but it might be part Socorro and part Mourning Dove... a hybred. These are the differences of the 2 species: "Larger and more heavily built than Mourning Dove Z. macroura, and song very different." "It may be considered a stronger-colored insular representative of the Mourning Dove; the male is deep cinnamon on head and underparts, with an ear streak like in the two closest relatives." "The most conspicuous differences to the Mourning Dove - darker coloration and more well-developed feet..." "There is marked behavioral difference to the Mourning Dove. When Andrew Jackson Grayson discussed the species, he called it the "Solitary Dove" because he never saw more than one male and one female together." I got this info from 2 websites: http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=2555 http://www.avianweb.com/socorrodoves.html Photos: http://www.arkive.org/socorro-dove/zenaida-graysoni/#src=portletV3api

cool :)!

Maybe in breeding plumage they turn darker? Or it depends on their surroundings? Just read they adapt to the countryside they live in.

Are you sure it's not a mourning dove? The tail is pointed and I think the mourning dove is the only one of our doves with that feature.

Looking forward to know what it is :D

I have no clue on this one. It looks familiar and then again it doesn't :/ If you want, you can check this Site: http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/Sampler3-PigeonsDoves.htm I looked, but my brain is still sleep fuzzied. Or you can post your spotting on Birdforum.net for an ID, very helpful people: http://www.birdforum.net/forumdisplay.php?f=114 Good Lukc!