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Zenaida macroura
Medium-sized dove with gray-brown upperparts and pink-brown underparts. Eyes are dark with a small, black spot beneath. Bill is dark. Wings are gray-brown with black spots and dark primaries. Tail is long and pointed with black-edged white tips on outer feathers. Swift direct flight.
Patio
This one's been drinking in dirty water somewhere outside the yard, hence the spot on the chest.
Spotted on May 1, 2012
Submitted on May 6, 2012
2 Comments
She was just sitting on my patio a few feet in front of my desk window. I just snapped a few photos through the glass before she flew off.
How'd you get so close?