Mourning Photos, Objects, Ephemera, and Art 1500-1920
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Mourning Cloak Butterflies are among the earliest butterflies to emerge in the North woods. This one was seen in May, but they are often seen as early as mid-April.
The Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) is a common visitor across the US. It gets its name from the mournful sound of its cooing.
A Mourning Dove is cleared for landing. He used our Camas Basalt rock as a pit stop, before proceeding to the seed feeding station.
The mourning dove is a member of the dove family, Columbidae. The bird is also known as the American mourning dove, the rain dove, and colloquially as the turtle dove, and was once known as the Carolina pigeon and Carolina turtledove.
The mourning dove is a member of the dove family, Columbidae. The bird is also known as the American mourning dove or the rain dove, and erroneously as the turtle dove, and was once known as the Carolina pigeon or Carolina turtledove. It is one of the most abundant and widespread of all North American birds.
A Mourning Cloak Butterfly awake from its hibernation and soaking up the afternoon sunshine on the forest floor in Bronte Creek Provincial Park, Oakville, Ontario.
(Nymphalis antiopa)
Photographed the Mourning Dove looking for seeds on the Cherry Hill Gate Trail in the RBG Hendrie Valley Sanctuary located in the City of Burlington Ontario Canada.
A graceful, slender-tailed, small-headed dove that’s common across the continent. Mourning Doves perch on telephone wires and forage for seeds on the ground; their flight is fast and bullet straight. Their soft, drawn-out calls sound like laments. When taking off, their wings make a sharp whistling or whinnying. Mourning Doves are the most frequently hunted species in North America.
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