If you're a birder, you'll know what a life list is. It's basically a list of all the bird species one has observed and positively ID'd in one's lifetime. This blog is a record of my "critter" life list (mostly of birds), including photos I've taken over the years, some of the actual lifer if I was lucky enough to get the shot. Don't expect National Geographic quality stuff here, just the work of an amateur photog who loves to trudge out into nature.

Friday, November 13, 2015

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

1/16/11 On our property, La Cresta, Murrieta, Riverside County, CA
4/29/17 A pair near the chicken coop on our property, La Cresta,
Murrieta, Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Mourning Dove

SPECIES: Zenaida macroura

FAMILY: Columbidae (Pigeons & Doves)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/12/2003

LOCATION: Eaton Canyon Natural Area, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

From Kaufman Focus Guide-Birds of North America:

HABITAT/BEHAVIOR: Common everywhere except deep woods and far north, often seen perched on roadside wires or walking on ground, alone or in flocks. When it takes to flight, its wings make a whistling noise. Nest is a flimsy platform os sticks. 

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 12"; Long, pointed tail shows white spots along edge in flight. Mostly plain, with black spots on wings. Adult male is tinged pinkish on chest, blue gray on crown; female is duller plain brown. 

VOICE: Slow, mournful cooing, cooowaah, cooo, coo, coooo.
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