Dove Question

[CHenry]

I thought Dove migrated south in September, but I have 2 that live in my backyard. I keep a bird feeder for the finches and redbirds and such and the dove feed off what they knock to the ground. Are these a different type of Dove or are they just lost?

 

[dlbleak]

We now have a winter season. They either migrate through or don’t leave at all like the geese. I had 40-50 at the feeder during a deer hunt recently.

 

[Firpo]

I was wondering the same. I have about 50-75 living in my back tree line. I know some are white-wings but I don’t think all are.

 

[CHenry]

I was wondering the same. I have about 50-75 living in my back tree line. I know some are white-wings but I don’t think all are.

These 2 are on the gray side slightly. About like that middle pic posted above
Interesting

 

[Shadowrider]

Some will hang around but by a large they migrate. My dad used to call them "native" dove. They were straight up mourning dove that didn't fly south and they seemed on the larger side for the most part. Maybe they just get too fat to fly that far.

 

[dlbleak]

The ‘city’ dove are usually the Eurasian Collared dove. They are a little bigger than the normal mourning dove and have a black ring on the neck

 

[Okiedog]

Had a pair turtle dove in the yard this afternooon.

 

[okietool]

I thought Dove migrated south in September, but I have 2 that live in my backyard. I keep a bird feeder for the finches and redbirds and such and the dove feed off what they knock to the ground. Are these a different type of Dove or are they just lost?

Yankee spies

 

[PanhandleGlocker]

Y’all haven’t heard??

 

[dennishoddy]

We have a grove of trees that is about 22 acres on one of the farms. It's a dove roost all summer for hundreds of dove and now in the winter for the mourning dove that don't migrate south.
When you walk through the hedge apple trees, they flush in front of you like quail. I've never hunted the December season as it's also a deer hunting area, but it would be a fun hunt.