New bird

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Locals:

Is it just me or is there a new sort of urban bird hanging around the area? It is a big bird, the size of a pigeon, but it is dusky-colored, and has a more needley beak than pigeons do. I see them slumming around the residential / light-commercial areas around Davis and Porter.

Do any of you know what I'm talking about? I see a lot of these guys lately, and I don't recall seeing them before.

Comments

[queue.livejournal.com]

It's probably a mourning dove. I can't say whether they have been more common recently or not. I know I occasionally see them. Maybe you didn't pay much attention before and just thought they were pigeons, and now that you have noticed a difference, you're seeing them everywhere because of, um, that thing where you see things because you're looking for them (I forget the word; I just woke up from a nap is my excuse).

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

i agree, sounds like a mourning dove. they coo, if you catch one making noise. i've seen larger bunches of them a few times in the last couple of days, it could be a seasonal thing.