Comments on: White-tipped Dove? http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2008/05/07/white-tipped-dove/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:04:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: elanus http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2008/05/07/white-tipped-dove/#comment-630 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:52:13 +0000 http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2008/05/07/white-tipped-dove/#comment-630 Ah, okay. Sorry for sowing confusion. I was hesitant to call this a Mourning Dove because of what looked like a squared-off, too-short tail in the second and third shots. But looking at it again, I can see that White-tipped is even more problematic. Thanks! Ah, okay. Sorry for sowing confusion. I was hesitant to call this a Mourning Dove because of what looked like a squared-off, too-short tail in the second and third shots. But looking at it again, I can see that White-tipped is even more problematic.

Thanks!

]]> by: selmaglass http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2008/05/07/white-tipped-dove/#comment-623 Thu, 08 May 2008 22:05:44 +0000 http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2008/05/07/white-tipped-dove/#comment-623 These appear to be Mourning Doves. We do have White-tipped Doves on the Welder Refuge and I would suspect that you will see some. I'm not sure why the checklist didn't include them. Perhaps I sent an older version. I'll check again. White-tipped Doves are considerably lighter in color and much chunkier. They remind me of a Mourning Dove that is on a weight-lifting program! They prefer to feed off the ground so look for them under the bird feeders. These appear to be Mourning Doves. We do have White-tipped Doves on the Welder Refuge and I would suspect that you will see some. I’m not sure why the checklist didn’t include them. Perhaps I sent an older version. I’ll check again.
White-tipped Doves are considerably lighter in color and much chunkier. They remind me of a Mourning Dove that is on a weight-lifting program! They prefer to feed off the ground so look for them under the bird feeders.

]]> by: vireo http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2008/05/07/white-tipped-dove/#comment-611 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:30:30 +0000 http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2008/05/07/white-tipped-dove/#comment-611 Hmm. I was wondering what these were. Compared to all the pictures I can find of White-tipped Doves, these seem too dark and washed with gray, though that could be due to lighting. It does seem most likely though compared to all the other dove species. Hmm. I was wondering what these were. Compared to all the pictures I can find of White-tipped Doves, these seem too dark and washed with gray, though that could be due to lighting. It does seem most likely though compared to all the other dove species.

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