| Mourning Doves |
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| Photo By: Mark Durham |
| "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."
*Cornell Lab of Ornithology |