Mourning Dove
Description: Stocky buff-gray bird with long tail and black markings on lower wings. The bill is thin and the feet are small and pink. Smaller than their cousins, the urban pigeon, these birds lack the gray coloring and broad wings of the Rock Pigeon. The cooing call is recognizable and familiar.
Nest: A frail platform of twigs, weed stems, and grasses. It is typically built in a tangle of vines, a conifer, man made structures, old nests of other birds and squirrels, on the trunk of a leaning tree or branch, and in a shrub. The eggs are often visible through the bottom of the nest.
Eggs: 2 white eggs, unmarked. Rarely are there 1-3 eggs.
Diet: Seeds, eats weed seeds and visits feeders. Sometimes feeds in agricultural fields and often visits feeders. Often seen eating grit from roadsides to aid in the digestion of its seed diet. They forage on the ground but will land on platform feeders.
Habitat: Open areas, roadsides, woodlands, urban settings, and fields. Social with others of its kind and forms groups from autumn to late spring. Frequently seen sunning while digesting seeds, especially in winter.
Nest: A frail platform of twigs, weed stems, and grasses. It is typically built in a tangle of vines, a conifer, man made structures, old nests of other birds and squirrels, on the trunk of a leaning tree or branch, and in a shrub. The eggs are often visible through the bottom of the nest.
Eggs: 2 white eggs, unmarked. Rarely are there 1-3 eggs.
Diet: Seeds, eats weed seeds and visits feeders. Sometimes feeds in agricultural fields and often visits feeders. Often seen eating grit from roadsides to aid in the digestion of its seed diet. They forage on the ground but will land on platform feeders.
Habitat: Open areas, roadsides, woodlands, urban settings, and fields. Social with others of its kind and forms groups from autumn to late spring. Frequently seen sunning while digesting seeds, especially in winter.