Talk:Mourning Dove
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Mourning Doves are common in Wisconsin. When they come back next spring I will get a picture of their tails. They like to nest on our front porch. This was the 3rd set of babies that the mother had in that nest this summer. They take about a week to hatch and fly away. Ancheta Wis 07:35, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Nice photo. Maurreen 06:10, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Mourning Doves wintering with us
We have 5 of these guys wintering with us here in Western Canada. We built a little ground cote for them to feed in, and keep the wild turkeys from their food. Lyndalailarma 21:45, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Abandoned egg?
I recently aided a pair of Dove's in building a nest. Within 24 hours the female laid an egg and I have not seen the pair return to the nest since I saw the egg early in the morning. This is the second day and still no parents????? Is this common practice or have the parents abandoned the egg permanently? Will the egg survive now? What should I do. I have not touched the nest or the egg. It is on my patio. Any info would be appreciated.
My email is hilljean@sbcglobal.net
- my experience is that the bird gets alarmed easily. Just let it alone. The mother may return. The mother lays several sets of per year, and it takes a week to hatch them; then they all fly away. --Ancheta Wis 00:24, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Zenaidura macroura or Zenaida macroura
Is Zenaidura macroura or Zenaida macroura the current scientific name for the Mourning Dove? A German-language website that I was reading gives the following information for the Mourning Dove (Trauertaube, Carolinataube): "Carolinataube Zenaidura macroura - früher: Zenaida macroura" [translation: Carolina Dove Zenaidura macroura - formerly: Zenaida macroura] (http://www.vzi.de/p/z2/taubcar.htm). I have also read that the "Eastern Mourning Dove" has the scientific name Zenaidura macroura carolinensis. Is there a dispute about the scientific nomenclature for the Mourning Dove among taxonomists? Does anyone know? If taxonomists have changed the scientific name, then this change ought also to be made in the Wikipedia article on the Mourning Dove. Hans-Friedrich Tamke 03:47, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
- National Geographic's Field Guide to the Birds of North America uses Zenaida as the genus for Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura) and Zenaida Doves (Zenaida aurita). --Evice 02:25, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Symbol of Peace
Mourning doves are also Michigan's symbol of peace...there is a cite here in the last bullet point near the bottom of the page: http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061012/OPINION01/610120334/1120
[edit] Strong fliers
Are mourning doves strong fliers compared to other doves, or are they strong fliers like other doves? KP Botany 01:23, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
