Dove on a Saguaro Cactus #2
by Donna Greene
Title
Dove on a Saguaro Cactus #2
Artist
Donna Greene
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
This yearling white-winged dove sat on top of this blooming saguaro cactus in the Ironwood National Forest getting a drink from the bloom. He stopped when he saw I was taking his picture. Very cooperative little guy.
White-winged Doves are large, chunky pigeons. They are brownish-gray above and gray below, with a bold white wing patch that appears as a brilliant white crescent in flight and is also visible at rest. Adults have a patch of blue, featherless skin around each eye and a long, dark mark on the lower face. Their eyes are bright crimson. The sexes are similar, but juveniles are more brown than adults. They have no blue eye ring and their legs and feet are brighter pink/red. Young also have brown eyes. Males have a slight iridescent sheen on their heads. The cooing calls are who-cooks-for-you and hoo hoo hoo. A drawn-out "hoo-a" sound is used to tell others about the presence of a predator. Most populations of White-winged Doves are migratory, wintering in Mexico and Central America. The White-winged Dove inhabits scrub, woodlands, desert, urban, and cultivated areas
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October 17th, 2012
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