TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Mourning Dove Mourning Dove- Zenaida macroura Mourning Dove- Zenaida macroura, Family Columbidae, includes pigeons and doves. Diagnostics, Pointed tail when they fly. Eat seeds, grain, fruits and insects. Year long residents. Adpated really well to human disturbance. (photo: Jan/Feb, 2004, Canon 10D, EF 100- 400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS lens) More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Mourning_Dove.html

JUMP to pg 1, pg 2, pg 3, pg 4, pg 5, pg 6, pg 7, pg 8, pg 9, pg 10, pg 11, pg 12, pg 13, pg 14, pg 15, pg 16, pg 17, pg 18

Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.