Mourning Doves

Description:

These two Mourning Doves are sitting on just about the same spot, over five minutes apart. They look like a skinny bird and a much fatter bird. Plump-bodied and long-tailed, with short legs, small bill, and a head that looks particularly small in comparison to the body. The long, pointed tail is unique among North American doves. Color Pattern Mourning Doves often match their open-country surroundings. They’re delicate brown to buffy-tan overall, with black spots on the wings and black-bordered white tips to the tail feathers. Behavior Mourning Doves fly fast on powerful wingbeats, sometimes making sudden ascents, descents, and dodges, their pointed tails stretching behind them. --Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat:

Habitat You can see Mourning Doves nearly anywhere except the deep woods. Look for them in fields or patches of bare ground, or on overhead perches like telephone wires. --Cornell Lab of Ornithology