Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
(L 12" WS 18" WT 4.2 oz)
40-70 million/yr shot by hunters
but population remains abundant.
but population remains abundant.
Columbus Park
Chicago
28Dec2010
Fluffed against the
winter cold...23ºF
winter cold...23ºF
Morton Arboretum
Lisle
18Feb2011
© BirdNote,
Bob Sundstrom
Macroura in Greek means
long-tailed.
long-tailed.
Cornell
Ornithology
Ornithology
© Audubon
Society
Society
Doves only make whistling sound
with their wings when they take
off in alarm.
with their wings when they take
off in alarm.
(David Allen Sibley)