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The Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) is a common visitor across the US. It gets its name from the mournful sound of its cooing.

This mommy dove was reusing this abandoned robin nest to have her babies she is so cute and this babies already leave the nest and they are happy and healthy I'll share more pictures of them soon.

I just want to let you know that I never bother any nest I took this picture and walked away trying do not disturb them.

Dove in flight

This adorable dovy still eating on my feeder and she is doing very well I love doves they are the most sweetest and funny birds :)

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The white cliffs of Dover

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This dove was flying her flag while waiting out a snow storm.

... Once upon a time there was a dovely couple name Dave and Dora who doved to rendezvous daily at Chez Jules. They were very much in dove and enjoyed to dine al-fresco. It was all very tweet and romantic. The nest is history! The End. 💗

This spotted dove (spilopelia chinensis) had been clattering amongst the foliage with another of its species, presumably as part of a mating ritual. Having found a convenient perch, it settled down to rest for some time. Photographed in Khuk Khak, Phang Nga, Thailand.

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We were visiting my sister-in-law for dinner when I noticed a constant line of birds waiting for their chance to dine at her bird feeder. This dove was the most elegant of the crowd. Hamilton-Niagara, Ontario, Canada

A mourning dove takes in the rays in late afternoon at the local park.

Wild Doves.

I had this lovely dove stop by and pose unafraid for pictures.

Protected with PIXSY

This pretty dove just sat in the tree in my yard for over an hour in the snow!

Dove

A Eurasian Collard Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) perched in the Cedar Tree.

I haven't seen any of these for quite awhile, so it was nice to see them return to our garden.

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White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica) are semi-tropical doves whose native range extends from the southwestern U.S. through Mexico and Central America, into parts of western South America, and to some Caribbean islands. They are also residents in Florida, where they were introduced. The majority of White-winged Doves are seasonally migratory. They overwinter in Mexico and Central America and come to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico in April to breed, departing again in September. Some will overwinter in their breeding range, especially in residential areas where food remains available. In the southern parts of their range, they are year-round residents. There are twelve subspecies of White-winged Doves. Western or Desert White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica mearnsii) and Eastern White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica asiatica) are the most numerous and widely distributed subspecies.

White-winged Doves feed on a variety of seeds, grain, and fruit that vary depending on their range and seasonal availability. They consume seeds and fruits of wild trees, grasses, and herbaceous plants, as well as those of ornamental cultivars. Domestic grain crops including sunflower, barley, sesame, sorghum, wheat, corn, and safflower are also an important food source in many parts of White-winged Dove’s range. To supplement their seed-based diet, White-winged Doves will also ingest shells of small snails and other gastropods, or bits of bone extracted from raptor pellets or mammal feces. The bones and shell are an important source of calcium for the doves, necessary for eggshell and crop milk production.

I found this one in my backyard in Polk County, Florida.

Wikipedia: The zebra dove (Geopelia striata), also known as the barred ground dove, or barred dove, is a species of bird of the dove family, Columbidae, native to Southeast Asia. They are small birds with a long tail, predominantly brownish-grey in colour with black-and-white barring. The species is known for its pleasant, soft, staccato cooing calls. The native range of the species extends from Southern Thailand, Tenasserim, Peninsular Malaysia, and Singapore to the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java. It may also be native to Borneo, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, and the Philippine islands.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_dove

Conservations status: Least Concern

A Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) perched on a rusty barbed wire fence is rather iconic for the prairie landscape near Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.

21 May, 2013.

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The Mourning Dove is found in all desert habitats throughout the year. The Inca Dove is most often found around human settlements throughout much of the Sonoran Desert region. The Common Ground-Dove is found throughout the year most often in dense brushy desert or in riparian areas.

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A Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) assumes a relaxed pose on an old rusty barb wire fence in the rural landscape near Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.

21 May, 2013.

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Doves in general aren’t one of my favored birds mostly because they tend to be bullies at the backyard feeders. However, ground doves aren’t common in the places I go to so I decided to document this one.

I had to laugh as the doves usually stay on the ground but they were searching for water on this cold morning so I brewed some water and melted the bird bath and sang along with them......

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This dove sat and watched me for ages while I took photos of him :)

She's a beauty.

perfectly comfortable on his perch in a practically hidden neighborhood filled with stairways and narrow walkways between fancy hillside houses in Los Angeles

Managed to get a few shots of this super dove yesterday, it didn't stay long and a little distant, but very pleased to see it.

North Norfolk

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A Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) roosting in the trees along the South Saskatchewan River south of Oyen, Alberta, Canada.

3 June, 2011.

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White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica) are semi-tropical doves whose native range extends from the southwestern U.S. through Mexico and Central America, into parts of western South America, and to some Caribbean islands. They are also residents in Florida, where they were introduced. The majority of White-winged Doves are seasonally migratory. They overwinter in Mexico and Central America and come to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico in April to breed, departing again in September. Some will overwinter in their breeding range, especially in residential areas where food remains available. In the southern parts of their range, they are year-round residents. There are twelve subspecies of White-winged Doves. Western or Desert White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica mearnsii) and Eastern White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica asiatica) are the most numerous and widely distributed subspecies.

White-winged Doves feed on a variety of seeds, grain, and fruit that vary depending on their range and seasonal availability. They consume seeds and fruits of wild trees, grasses, and herbaceous plants, as well as those of ornamental cultivars. Domestic grain crops including sunflower, barley, sesame, sorghum, wheat, corn, and safflower are also an important food source in many parts of White-winged Dove’s range. To supplement their seed-based diet, White-winged Doves will also ingest shells of small snails and other gastropods, or bits of bone extracted from raptor pellets or mammal feces. The bones and shell are an important source of calcium for the doves, necessary for eggshell and crop milk production.

I found this one in my backyard in Polk County, Florida.

The Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) is a species of bird in the dove family (Columbidae). It gets its name because the species has only since the 1930s immigrated from the southeast to the middle and now also to northern and western Europe.

I was feeding bread to the squirrels when this beautiful mourning dove flew to sit on my fence and waited for me and the squirrels to leave before it grabbed a piece of bread.

For CrazyTuesdat#Silhouette

This dove comes to my balcony several times during the day and always lands in the same place.

HaPpY CrAzY Tuesday 😄

Ankunft in Dover

Turtle Dove - Streptopelia Tutur

The turtle dove is a dainty dove, smaller and darker than the collared dove and slightly larger than a blackbird. Its upperparts are distinctively mottled with chestnut and black and its black tail has a white edge.

The gentle purr of the turtle dove is an evocative sound of summer, but has become increasingly rare following rapid and sustained population declines. One cause of the decline is thought to be lack of seed and grain as food during the breeding season, resulting in a much shorter breeder season with fewer nesting attempts. The species is now included on the Red List of conservation concern.

Populations of turtle dove are in rapid decline across Europe and this species has red list conservation status globally. In the United Kingdom its numbers have declined by 93% since 1994 and across Europe numbers fell by 78% 1980-2013.

Environmentalist groups have said that the decline of turtle doves in Europe is partly because changed farming practices mean that the weed seeds and shoots on which it feeds, especially fumitory, are more scarce, and partly due to shooting of birds in Mediterranean countries. According to a 2001 study cited by the European Commission, between two and four million birds are shot annually in Malta, Cyprus, France, Italy, Spain and Greece. Environmentalists have described spring hunting in Malta as particularly problematic as it is the only country with an EU derogation to shoot birds during their spring migration to breeding grounds.

According to a 2007 study by the European Commission, four currently identifiable potential threats to the turtle dove are (1) habitat loss/modification (medium to low impact), (2) droughts and climate change (mostly unknown but likely low impact), (3) hunting (partly unknown but overall medium impact), and (4) competition with the collared dove (unknown impact).The British Trust for Ornithology has also highlighted Trichomonosis parasite as a threat to the turtle dove.

Population:

UK breeding:

14,000 territories

In the minds of mad men

Echoes the darkness of wars,

And in that dark grows the

Media images of death and destruction.

And from the shade of our limitations,

we will scream into the void, peace and freedom, then close our eyes and pray, his,

is not the hand that stops the ticking clock.

When the bidding is done, the madness will stop, but only for a while, and we will try and release this Dove with a broken wing, and call it peace.

Words by, Broken Beacon.

This species of dove is quite a bit smaller than some of its cousins like the Mourning Dove and Collared Dove. Its small size and "scaled" plumage make it quite distinctive and easy to identify.

We found this one in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas.

A view over the hills of the Upper Dove Valley from High Wheeldon.