Mourning Dove pair

Description:

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. 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.

Habitat:

Wildlife habitat yard.

Notes:

I was glad to see this pair. Mourning doves used to come to my yard regularly, but in the last ten years, more and more white wing doves have shown up, a dozen or more at a time on occasion, while mourning doves virtually vanished.