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Posted by Trey Mitchell on 13:46:55 06/05/09
In Reply to: Zenaida Dove NO posted by Angel & Mariel
While there I saw what had to be the Zenaida Dove on a wire across the canal. It was a little smaller than the other doves on the wires, it was much darker and had a squared off tail. I couldn t tell about the length of the tail as it appeared shorter, but more like the bird was leaning forward more than upright. I was looking at the back of the bird through my scope and I could see white from the rear in the area it should be. I called to the others there to come look as I did it flew down to the ground out of sight. We went to the other street to look for it there and it wasn't found.
Later after Angel, Mariel, Toe, Larry, Christine and Philip left I was looking for the bird with Alex and Carlos. I spotted and Carlos also saw a dark dove on the wires which looked really good as a candidate. Then while I was looking through my binoculars at the bird it flew banking showing the upper side with white on the wing and it was not a White-wing Dove.
I'm convinced I saw the Zenaida Dove, but I don't really like the looks I got. The first bird I saw well but the angle was bad, the second bird I saw for a brief time but it was darker than the other birds and I clearly saw white on the wing. I hope someone sees it clearly today so I feel better about the looks I got. This is no way to see a rarity that would be a life bird.
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