It's a dove. I'm not sure what type. It could be a mourning dove.
I have never seen one this far east, have you Andy?
Same here, though we are slightly further west than Boston.All the time Addie! Out in the suburbs, we don't have pigeons, we have doves.
All the time Addie! Out in the suburbs, we don't have pigeons, we have doves.
We have doves out here in the MA frontier, too. Mourning doves. I have yet to see one cry, so I don't know why they're considered "mourning".I have never seen one this far east, have you Andy?
No Kayelle, the $64,000 question is "what would it taste like with a nice sauce?"
We have doves out here in the MA frontier, too. Mourning doves. I have yet to see one cry, so I don't know why they're considered "mourning".
I know, I know, it's because of the sound of their call.
No Kayelle, the $64,000 question is "what would it taste like with a nice sauce?"
Guess you couldn't read my fine print, Katie. We actually have had up to 9-10 mourning doves in our back yard at a time. They do some "calls", but most times they are so busy picking seed from the ground they are quiet.They're called mourning doves because their cry is quite mournful, almost sad...
It's a collared dove. I have a pair in my garden every spring. They were on the drive when I came home this evening.What kind of bird is it?
It's a collared dove. I have a pair in my garden every spring. They were on the drive when I came home this evening.
They've only nested in Britain since the 1950s and are a fairly recent arrival in the US!