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Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura

Featured image credit: “Mourning Dove in a Snowstorm” by ksblack99 is licensed under CC PDM 1.0

To hear songs, learn identification information, migratory patterns, and some fun facts, check out the Mourning Dove page offered by one of my favorite resources: the Cornell Lab of Ornithology »

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