Small bird about size of sparrow, immature but moved quickly, didn't fly. Moved like a quail. It had dark brown feathers trimmed in white, tail had white feathers on each side of brown feathers. Head had coarse, under developed gray-white feathers (more like hair). It had large dark eyes & long black beak. Beak was straight not hooked. I have no idea what kind of bird it is; any help will be appreciated.
Reminds me very much of an immature dove or pigeon. Location makes sense too.
Mark
Bastrop, TX
yeoldstuff - - - I would say a just fledged Common Ground-dove except Va is pretty far north of their expected range. Might be a just fledged Mourning Dove except you say it was about the size of a sparrow and I think even a baby MD with this amount of feathers would be larger than that. Even at that, I notice the white parts of the tail, so still maybe a MD.
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Why "just fledged"? All dove species are notorious for falling out of the nest (if you can call a cluster of sticks a nest) prematurely so.....
txhummers: Why "just fledged"? All dove species are notorious for falling out of the nest (if you can call a cluster of sticks a nest) prematurely so.....
You got me Mark! And I guess falling out of the nest does not count as "fledging"
Thanks, We see a lot of mourning doves in this area but I have never seen a baby dove and after you lead me in that direction I looked at some photos on the internet. I have to agree that it is a dove and probably a mourning dove. The beak & eyes were the same as in my photo. It may not have been as large as I thought because the feathers were fluffed up a lot. Thanks again, yeoldstuff
Hi yeoldstuff,
I see you have gotten your bird's I.D. solved. I have many Mourning Doves yet have never seen a babe. Thanks for posting the question and the picture.
I noticed that you are a new member. So....Welcome to our Community!
Jean ~ Taylorsville, Georgia
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oldguybirdwatcher:You got me Mark!
Not trying to "get" anyone. These birds fall from the nest all the time, we get calls at the office about them all the time, and people assume that because they are out of the nest they should fly. Obviously, if they are still at the nestling stage, they are not going to fly and so we advise putting them back as close as possible to the nest.
I just wanted to say welcome to yeoldstuff. I saw that you were new to the board, with only 2 posts. Welcome!
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"Birds are born to have wings; wings are symbols of freedom."
It is a young mourning dove. I had one in my yard this past summer. We live on the water and he flew but must of just been learning and landed in the water! I had to rescue him. He dried out and was fine.
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