Carolina dove
mourning dove
Zenaida macroura latin

The common wild pigeons of the Eastern United States are the passenger pigeon, and the Carolina dove.

Now, in or around the container, we often see a mourning dove.

I he male and the female mourning dove are both involved in nest building.

On the first morning he caught a pigeon and two mourning doves.

We saw several hundred, perhaps thousands, of mourning doves.

Page talking about Mourning Dove, her book and how it got published.

She watched a mourning dove bathing itself in the rain on an electric line.

The Mourning Dove does not have the white trailing edge.

A mourning dove complained from her place deep in the darkest shadows.

She warns of "vicious mourning doves" that may well go on the attack.

More awaits you outside, like a mourning dove at the feeder station.

Some mourning doves came and sat on the tree limb just above the speed bag.

The number of Mourning Doves is estimated to be approximately 475 million.

The Mourning Dove is hunted both for sport and meat.

Mourning Doves do not dig or scratch for seeds, but only eat what they can see.

Mourning doves wash themselves in the sun or rain.

She was leaning against a cage that housed an injured mourning dove.

A mourning dove was moaning her ominous, sad cry just under my window.

A mourning dove exclaimed against the miseries of life.

From somewhere came the plaint of a mourning dove.

From somewhere came the low (artificial) hooting of mourning doves.

Mourning Doves have perching feet, with three toes forward and one reversed.

One day the Steins noticed that the grouse and mourning doves were gone.

The Mourning Dove does not easily leave its mate.

Mourning Doves eat almost only seeds, which make up more than 99% of their diet.

Mourning Doves are light grey and brown and generally muted in color.

Despite its name, it is not a close relative of the North American Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura).

H. maccallumi - mourning doves (Zenaida macroura)

Mourning Dove, "Zenaida macroura"

The Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) is a member of the dove family (Columbidae).

Species that arrived by natural dispersion and become native after human settlement include the Barn Owl (Tyto alba), and the Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura).

On Clarion Island, where mammalian prey is lacking, they feed essentially on crickets and prickly pear fruit, adding Clarión Wrens (Troglodytes tanneri) and young Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura clarionensis) on occasion.