Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Family: Pigeons and doves
Mourning Dove is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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In flight, the wings make a fluttery whistling sound that is hard to hear.
Migration is usually during the day, in flocks, and at low altitudes.
Mourning doves reject slightly under a third of cowbird eggs in such nests, and the mourning dove's vegetarian diet is unsuitable for cowbirds.