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Mourning Dove – Pressure

Jan 172013

I should have check the calendar before I went into the field early on the morning of Decemeber 22, 2012. It turns out that this date is the first day of the second Dove Hunting Season in North Texas. As the sun began to rise, the sounds of gunfire coming from nearby fields and bottomlands

Mourning Dove – Mesquite Tree

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Dec 222012

A Mourning Dove observed in The Colony, Texas Observation Details County – Denton City – The Colony Date – Nov 7, 2009 Time of Day – Noon Temperature – Cool (50-69°F/10-21°C) Weather – Overcast Habitat – Agricultural-Pasture Type of Behavior – Roaming Gender – Uncertain Maturity – Adult Observer – Chris Jackson Main Article -

Mourning Dove – White Rock Lake

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Sep 122012

These Mourning Doves were part of a much larger congregation of doves (both Mourning and White-winged Doves) photographed at White Rock Lake. Observation Details County – Dallas City – Dallas Date – Sep 8, 2012 Time of Day – Afternoon Temperature – Warm (70-89°F/21-32°C) Weather – Clear Habitat – Recreation-Park Type of Behavior – Congregating

Mourning Dove – Hanging Basket

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Nov 072011

This Mourning Dove nest was discovered with two eggs in it over the 4th of July holiday. The nest is located in a hanging basket on the balcony of the photographer’s apartment. The original pair of eggs hatched and the brood was successfully raised, with the young doves leaving the nest around the beginning of

Mourning Dove – Just Getting Started

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Oct 132011

This observations is of a pair of recently fledged Mourning Doves in the parking lot of a Carrollton library.

Mourning Dove – Nest Watching

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Sep 152011

This observations documents the nesting activities of a pair of Mourning Doves from late spring through mid-summer. Over the course of the summer this pair of doves went on to raise a third and then fourth brood. Midway through their third brood the house they were nesting on was sold and the new owners moved

Mourning Dove – Fledglings

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Sep 092011

After fledging, juvenile Mourning Doves will often gather together in small groups. Here three likely unrelated juveniles sit atop a construction trailer.

Mourning Dove – Nest Location

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Aug 152011

This is an observation of what seems to be a particularly bad choice for a nesting site. The Mourning Dove in this observation has nested in a bush just outside a busy elementary school. This observation is interesting for a number of reasons. First is the location of the nest. The nest is located in

Mourning Dove – Albino

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Aug 032011

The stark whiteness of this albino Mourning Dove is what first caught the observer’s attention.

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