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Mira

(22,380 posts) Wed Jul 1, 2015, 09:50 PM Jul 2015

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Perfect Camouflage.

I have been under the weather and now that I'm moving about again I'm deleting photos to make room for more.
This one is nothing special, but I remember being so struck by how the bird blended into the landscape. Perfect matches. And I don't know enough about doves (is that what it is?) to know if the coloring is ordinary.

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Perfect Camouflage. (Original Post) Mira Jul 2015 OP

Lovely, Mira. elleng Jul 2015 #1

Oh yeah, it's a pigeon, isn't it. Mira Jul 2015 #2

Good that you could do that; elleng Jul 2015 #3

I think it's a pigeon Major Nikon Jul 2015 #4

That is a rock dove NV Whino Jul 2015 #5

Well alright then! Mira Jul 2015 #6

Yep, you got it covered. NV Whino Jul 2015 #7

elleng

(130,908 posts)

1. Lovely, Mira.

Reply to Mira (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 09:53 PM

Jul 2015

Glad you're feeling better. I dunno; dove? Pigeon?

Mira

(22,380 posts)

2. Oh yeah, it's a pigeon, isn't it.

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 10:03 PM

Jul 2015

The color seemed unusual no matter what it is. I stalked it to get this little shot, and tried not to scare it. It was fun!

elleng

(130,908 posts)

3. Good that you could do that;

Reply to Mira (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 10:14 PM

Jul 2015

I'm not very successful at stalking!

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

4. I think it's a pigeon

Reply to Mira (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 10:19 PM

Jul 2015

Doves are smaller, their heads look a little different, and the colors are kind of reversed with the head being lighter in shade than the wings.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

5. That is a rock dove

Reply to Mira (Original post)

Thu Jul 2, 2015, 09:48 AM

Jul 2015

More commonly known as a pigeon.

Mira

(22,380 posts)

6. Well alright then!

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 2, 2015, 10:48 AM

Jul 2015

Thanks
It's a dove, and a pigeon.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

7. Yep, you got it covered.

Reply to Mira (Reply #6)

Thu Jul 2, 2015, 04:01 PM

Jul 2015

I've always had a good laugh at the rock dove designation.

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