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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. 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.
