Mourning Dove
Zanaida macroura
"Juvenile has heavy spotting,
scaled effect on wings." (Jon L. Dunn & Jonathan Alderfer.
Field Guide to the Birds of North America, p. 366)
"Scaly-looking young bird sometimes
mistaken for Inca Dove [as this one was for five years] ...."
(Kenn Kaufman. Birds of North America, p. 188)
Picture taken with a Nikon D80 using
a Nikon 300mm, f/2.8 manual focus lens.
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May 23, 2007.