PigeonDove?

BobbyMarshall

Anyone know what type this is?

I've looked in a field guide I have for birds in my region, and the closest I come up with is a Rock Dove; and that is just in the body and neck colors. I cant find anything similar but with white head and tail..

I wasn't out to shoot birds, but when I seen this one land nearby I had to get a shot of it. It was the first time I've seen one like it.

DonRicklin

Looks like a Domestic/Wild cross. Domestic, like magician's white doves.


Don

Cygnus Studios

DonRicklin wrote:

Looks like a Domestic/Wild cross. Domestic, like magician's white doves.

Great capture.

raptorcaptor

It is a rock pigeon, or rock dove! Both names are correct! Pigeon's come in all shapes, colors and sizes but the telltale ID marker is the white lump at the base of the bill.

BobbyMarshall

Thanks..

upon looking at the name suggested, Magician's white dove, yes that definitely looks like it in the head.

I also was kind of amazed while searching for that name. There are allot of competitions for pigeon breeders. Some of them are radical looking.

leaforte

He/She looks chilly. Using the proven method of only one leg at a time on the cold snow.

BobbyMarshall

leaforte wrote:

He/She looks chilly. Using the proven method of only one leg at a time on the cold snow.

lol.. yea, it was cold and windy, the breeze was coming in from the waterfront that was about 20 feet past the field of view of this shot..