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Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

Photo by Geodialist
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Field Notes

Description:

A Mourning Dove spotted on the roof of a house on the corner of Milway Drive and Woodlawn Trail, Fairfax County, Virginia USA. This is one of the first photos shot using my new Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150 super-zoom camera.

Habitat:

Suburban residential community.

Notes:

© Copyright 2012 Walter Sanford. All rights reserved. www.wsanford.com

Species ID Suggestions

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

Comments (3)

Again, we're on the same page -- I looked at the photos on Wikipedia and thought, "This bird's MUCH bigger than the birds shown on the Web!" Could it be a pregnant female?
No problem. It's a little fat for a mourning dove but I have seen them that large. The spotting usually gives them away.
Thanks for the species ID suggestion, "Apple!" Honestly, my first guess was Mourning Dove but I wasn't sure.

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