What kind of dove is this?
Aug 4, 2018 16:06:30 #
We have lots of mourning doves and the recent larger collard doves, but donât remember seeing one colored like this before. Could it be a white wing that strayed up from Arizona?
Aug 4, 2018 17:37:12 #
We've got lost of mourning doves around here also. I personally call all of them pigeons but, this bird looks a whole lot like a molting morning dove.
Aug 4, 2018 21:02:33 #
rmorrison1116 wrote:
We've got lost of mourning doves around here also. I personally call all of them pigeons but, this bird looks a whole lot like a molting morning dove.
You are probably correct. The temperature has been around 110 degrees for several days now...enough to make anyones’ feathers fall out!
Aug 5, 2018 15:41:44 #
I have been a birder for almost 70 years and this is not any North American Columbidae I am familiar with. It could be an exotic, escaped from some collection somewhere or some mutation of one of the common doves. If this is not a PP image I would first send the image, and any more you can take to the Red Rock Audubon Society (https://www.redrockaudubon.com) with information on the location of the bird. Las Vegas has some outstanding birders who may be able to identify it.
Aug 5, 2018 16:31:42 #
Aug 5, 2018 18:24:39 #
May be of interest to you ditchdigger, found a website whereby you can download a bird image and they will respond with the name of the bird.
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