Pigeons and Doves

Family: Columbidae

Pigeons and doves are stout bodied birds with short necks and bills and long tails. They are primarily seed eaters but will also eat fruits and plants.

Adult Eurasian Collared-Dove

By |2023-09-13T04:19:11-06:00September 13th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Eurasian Collared-Doves, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday, I shared some Mourning Dove photos taken at Farmington Bay WMA. Today, my subject is a Eurasian Collared-Dove also photographed on the same day.

Mourning Doves On Lichen Covered Rocks

By |2022-05-01T05:28:40-06:00May 1st, 2022|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Mourning Doves, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I had mere seconds to take this photo of a pair of Mourning Doves perched on lichen covered rocks on a desert cliff face in Box Elder County yesterday morning.

Eurasian Collared-Dove Without A Collar

By |2021-11-01T05:26:44-06:00November 1st, 2021|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Eurasian Collared-Doves, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I photographed this Eurasian Collared-Dove last week at Farmington Bay and noticed that it didn't have the dark collar usually seen on this species.

Eurasian Collared-Doves

By |2021-11-01T05:57:11-06:00November 15th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Eurasian Collared-Doves, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I first moved to Utah in 2009 I saw very few Eurasian Collared-Doves but now I see them in many locations and sometimes in large numbers.

Immature Mourning Dove At A Pumpkin Patch in Northern Utah

By |2024-03-07T05:02:28-07:00November 9th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Mourning Doves, Pigeons and Doves, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It might seem a little late in the year to see immature Mourning Doves but it probably isn't because Mourning Doves can have as many as six broods per year.

Juvenile Mourning Dove in Morning Light in Southwestern Montana

By |2024-03-07T05:37:14-07:00September 8th, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Mourning Doves, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The juvenile and out of focus adult Mourning Doves were perched on a lichen encrusted, slightly frosted fence rail near the road in the southern part of the Centennial Valley.

Chipping Sparrow, Mourning Dove and Changing Views

By |2024-03-07T05:41:04-07:00May 11th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Chipping Sparrows, Mourning Doves, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I couldn't resist photographing this tiny Chipping Sparrow singing while perched on a "cedar" fence post with the sky and dark juniper behind it.

Antelope Island Mourning Dove Close Up

By |2024-03-07T05:32:24-07:00April 1st, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Mourning Doves, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm keeping my daily post simple today, as simple as a Mourning Dove close up I photographed on Antelope Island last spring taken while it moved through the dew laden grasses.

The Subdued Beauty of Mourning Doves

By |2024-03-07T06:24:14-07:00May 16th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Mourning Doves, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The subdued beauty of Mourning Doves is often overlooked especially if there are more colorful birds around but for me their beauty is undeniable.

An Assortment of Birds from Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge This Week

By |2024-03-07T05:45:35-07:00July 26th, 2015|Categories: American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Mourning Doves, Northern Pintails, Sandhill Cranes, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday I posted a juvenile Wilson's Phalarope and today I am posting an assortment of others birds I photographed the same day at Bear River NWR.

Trio Of Brown Birds from Antelope Island

By |2023-03-23T08:47:53-06:00June 29th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Burrowing Owls, Davis County, Mourning Doves, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The heat of summer has turned the green grasses brown on Antelope Island State Park so I thought I'd share some of the "brown birds" I photographed there yesterday.

Mourning Dove in the Stansbury Mountains and a few bonus Short-Eared Owls

By |2024-03-07T07:10:14-07:00May 22nd, 2015|Categories: Birds, James W Fitzgerald WMA, Mourning Doves, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I spotted this Mourning Dove perched on an old fence post in the morning light I couldn't resist photographing it.

Potpourri Of Birds From This Week

By |2024-03-07T07:14:22-07:00May 25th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, California Gulls, Chukars, Clark's Grebes, Davis County, Eastern Kingbirds, Forster's Terns, Lark Sparrows, Mourning Doves, Tooele County, Utah, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

These are but a few of the birds I photographed this week in various Utah locations and all of them made great subjects!

Mourning Dove

By |2024-03-07T07:27:46-07:00January 28th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Mourning Doves, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

After I published my article titled Wild and Wonderful - Antelope Island - The Birds earlier this week I realized I didn't include any images of the doves found on the island so today I thought I would post a Mourning Dove.

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