Maybe a dove with melanism or dark pigment. If you don't get answers here try Whatbird.com. They have some excellent people on there.
On Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 7:17:36 PM UTC-6, Margie Joy wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm interested in comments about a strange-looking dark dove seen with > Eurasian Collared-Doves in my Pueblo West yard on March 26 and 27. I've > loaded photos on my Flickr page starting at: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/59865934@N00/16495006503/ > > Click right in the photo stream for two more photos. They are pretty bad, > taken through a low-powered scope with a point-and-shoot camera behind a > double-paned window in my kitchen. But perhaps some of you can see enough > to make an educated guess. > > At first I thought it was a Mourning Dove but the closer shot taken the > second day showed a distinct collar. That and the eye color ruled out > Mourning Dove. The shape of the tail feathers is interesting, as is the > very dark color. > > I posted it on the CFO Facebook page and got a few comments. Some thought > it was oiled or sooty, some thought it was a collared-dove of one sort or > other, some thought it was a hybrid, but none had ever seen anything like > it. I'm still at a loss and would love to hear some insight from those of > you who are good at sorting out puzzles. > > You may reply to the group or privately to mar1joy AT juno DOT com. > > Cheers, > Margie Joy > Pueblo West, CO > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/57af5855-b1b6-4904-b58e-76892ab998ec%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
