Birds Identified: Rock Dove (Pigeon)
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Rock Dove (Pigeon) has these characteristics:
- Walking, wading, running
- Still perching
- Continuous flying
- Larger than robin
- About same size as robin
- Underparts plain
- North summer (June through August)
- North winter (November through February)
- South summer (June through August)
- South winter (November through February)
- Field habitat
- Continuous flying high (near or above treetops when flying)
- Continuous flying low (below treetops when flying)
- On ground (walking, wading, running, hopping, or resting on ground)
- Occurs in flocks (from 4 or 5 to thousands)
- Soft, low calls
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org