Flocks of these doves, with large ... ended tail with prominent white terminal band. Prominent black crescent framing lower edge of auricular. On perched bird, wing patch shows only as a thin ...

Here are some interesting facts about the mourning dove, which may enhance ... doves apart by their namesake white wing ...

A reddish brown iris borders narrow grayish-white orbital skin ... The 2004–2005 Audubon Christmas Bird Count showed dramatic evidence of the Eurasian collared-dove’s explosive expansion ...

When they finished, Haselrig raised the bird and tossed it into the wind. The dove banked left, cleared a row of pines, and with a few flaps of its snow-white wings, disappeared. But not for good.