Lovely Collard Dove....
I've been trying to photograph a pair of these doves with no luck...but finally I was able to get one of them. I think this is a female.
Female doves are usually slightly smaller than males in most breeds and usually weigh about 20 percent less than males. The female are usually easy distinguishable by her slender build with a graceful head set on a slender neck. By contrast, the male is broader in the chest with a thick neck and a more pronounced nostril cere on his beak.
Lovely Collard Dove....
I've been trying to photograph a pair of these doves with no luck...but finally I was able to get one of them. I think this is a female.
Female doves are usually slightly smaller than males in most breeds and usually weigh about 20 percent less than males. The female are usually easy distinguishable by her slender build with a graceful head set on a slender neck. By contrast, the male is broader in the chest with a thick neck and a more pronounced nostril cere on his beak.