Dove or Pidgeon
May 23, 2018 13:44:28 #
Lately in Southern Ca. in my backyard I have a pair of very large birds at the feeder. They look like Doves but are about twice the size of the other Doves that visit. The wife thinks they are Pidgeons, can anyone help?
May 23, 2018 13:56:26 #
May 23, 2018 14:02:36 #
dennis2146 wrote:
Looks like a collared dove to me. Definitely not a pigeon.
Dennis
Dennis
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May 23, 2018 14:06:12 #
dennis2146 wrote:
Looks like a collared dove to me. Definitely not a pigeon.
Dennis
Dennis
While it looks like the collared dove it is about twice the size and it's tail feathers are different.
Thanks.
May 23, 2018 14:06:31 #
May 23, 2018 14:10:54 #
It looks like a ringed turtle dove - it is not native but often carried in pet stores and often escapes. It is almost a perfect match.
May 23, 2018 14:13:19 #
Went to Audubon Society, looks like I have a pair of Ring Tailed Pigeons. I guess they taste good because there is a brief hunting season for them. Their numbers were decreasing but the Hunting season and bag limits have helped increase their numbers.
May 23, 2018 14:14:47 #
letmedance wrote:
Lately in Southern Ca. in my backyard I have a pair of very large birds at the feeder. They look like Doves but are about twice the size of the other Doves that visit. The wife thinks they are Pidgeons, can anyone help?
They are Mourning Doves.
May 23, 2018 14:18:46 #
Jesu S wrote:
Sorry - mourning doves do not have that black stripe on the back of their necks.They are Mourning Doves.
May 23, 2018 14:21:21 #
letmedance wrote:
Ring Tailed Pigeons have a white stripe on their neck - not a black one.Went to Audubon Society, looks like I have a pair of Ring Tailed Pigeons. I guess they taste good because there is a brief hunting season for them. Their numbers were decreasing but the Hunting season and bag limits have helped increase their numbers.
May 23, 2018 14:23:39 #
It is a Eurasian Collared Dove, first in US 1981 (Florida & Georgia) from birds brought over for someone's garden in the Bahamas. They are now everywhere. First recorded sighting in California in 2001. The African Collared Dove looks similar but is light beige/white and only in a few places (LA Metro area is one.) due to escaped pets. The African ones are sometimes called Ringed Turtle-Doves.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eurasian_Collared-Dove/id
You want big, wait until a Band Tailed Pigeon comes to your yard, they are the size of a crow.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eurasian_Collared-Dove/id
You want big, wait until a Band Tailed Pigeon comes to your yard, they are the size of a crow.
May 23, 2018 14:28:09 #
robertjerl wrote:
It is a Eurasian Collared Dove, first in US 1981 (... (show quote)
This bird is as big as a Crow.
May 23, 2018 14:29:08 #
robertjerl wrote:
I'm with you - can't tell between Eurasian or Ringed Turtle due to lack of contrast in the photo but both are larger than most doves and both have these markings.It is a Eurasian Collared Dove, first in US 1981 (... (show quote)
May 23, 2018 14:33:39 #
letmedance wrote:
This bird is as big as a Crow.
The Collared Doves (both kinds) are about twice the bulk of a Mourning Dove, the Band Tailed Pigeon is about twice that bulk. The size of a large crow or a small Raven.
I have pictures of all three types of doves and the Band Tailed in my yard. Well Raven also.
I live in Corona in Riverside County.
May 23, 2018 15:05:12 #
letmedance wrote:
While it looks like the collared dove it is about twice the size and it's tail feathers are different.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Possibly then a Eurasian dove.
Dennis
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