Mourning Dove Description

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The mourning dove is a member of the mountain game and family pigeon. This is one of the most common and widespread birds in North America and one of the game birds in the United States. Doves inhabit a variety of habitats and are considered fertile breeders who have to preserve the species, ashigh numbers. They can both open and semi-open areas including meadows, pastures, forests and sparsely to find. Doves do not usually live in dense forest areas or wetlands, and are well suited for human occupation.

Mourning doves feed almost exclusively on seeds for more than 99 percent of its diet. They prefer corn, sunflower, safflower, and millet, but also a variety of other seeds, including sweetgum, pokeweed FeedAmaranth, canary grass, wheat and sesame. Pigeons are opportunistic investors and feed on bare ground. Often swallow pieces of gravel and sand to aid digestion, while at rest. Once a particularly fertile ground for new and has spent a lot of food places. Mourning doves are diurnal, generally feed during the morning and afternoon of the day, but they are still in search of water in the evening. Also, doves are migratory, and travels frequentlyHerds at low altitude.

Breeding occurs during the months of February to October, depending on geographic location, coupled with doves remain monogamous. During courtship the male in a loud voice to attract attention to women and strut landing movements of the head, chest puffing to fly, and crying aloud. Mourning doves have a partner, once elected, the females get together with the construction materials of the nest while the males. A complete cycle takes about 30 days of nesting, with womengenerally produce two children. Females may nest five times during a breeding season 55.

Description:

Overall length: 9-13 cm

Wingspan: 15-18 cm

Weight: 3-6 oz

Mourning doves are birds of medium size and are usually light gray brown. They have small bills, black, slender body, broad elliptical wings, and a round head. Doves have black spots on the wings and a black spot under and behind the eyes. They alsolong tapering tail with white tips blunt, red legs and dark eyes.

Range:

Southern Canada, the United States, Mexico and Greater Antilles