Title
The View From My Window - Eurasian Collared Dove
Artist
Winston D Munnings
Medium
Photograph
Description
The Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) most often simply called the Collared Dove, also sometimes hyphenated as Eurasian Collared-dove is a species of dove native to Asia and Europe, and also recently introduced in North America. It is closely related to the Island Collared Dove of southeast Asia and the African Collared Dove of sub-Saharan Africa, forming a superspecies with these. Identification from African Collared Dove is very difficult with silent birds, with the African species being marginally smaller and paler, but the calls are very distinct, a soft purring in African Collared Dove quite unlike the Eurasian Collared Dove's cooing. The Collared Dove was introduced into the Bahamas in the 1970s and spread from there to Florida by 1982. It has become invasive; the stronghold in North America is still the Gulf Coast, but it is now found as far south as Veracruz, as far west as California, and as far north as Alaska, the Great Lakes, and Nova Scotia.
(This image is part of a 'work-in-progress' which is scheduled for release in book form in September under the title: The View From My Window (Finding Beauty In Your Own Backyard.) This photo essay is about a long standing desire to erect a bird-feeder or two on my property (somewhere in the backyard) so that I can capture fascinating images of birds as they swoop in for a quick nibble on their way to God knows where.)
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May 6th, 2014
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