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Zenaida asiatica
Brown-grey colored dove with white from the shoulder and along the edge. Tail end is flat with rounded sides and white band. Dark line on side of cheek just below the eye. Blue skin around the eye.
Urban deserts
Spotted on Jan 28, 2014
Submitted on Jan 28, 2014
7 Comments
@gatorfellows- that's why it was a rare spotting where I was at. But I was with others and we didn't have time to look.
Great article!! When I lived in Placentia Calif we had ruddy ground doves in the mobile home park, but (as far as I know) no where else in the area. When I moved to Oregon 20 years ago we had no mourning doves. They arrived less than a decade ago(and now rule the world). The Asian collared doves have not found my place, although I've seen them less than 2 miles away, and my mom's entire neighborhood was cursing them - although a friendly Juv Cooper's hawk took about half the population recently before moving on.
You may have to visit Texas to get a better chance of spotting an Inca Dove. :)
Thanks gatorfellows. They were all Borrego Springs more so then the Mourning Doves. There was reports of an Inca Dove but I didn't have time to find it.
I cannot answer your question about when, but this Audubon article has some interesting facts about the expansion of dove species and an interactive map showing increases; http://web4.audubon.org/bird/cbc/WWL-Dov...
How recently did they hit So cal?
lovely :)