{"id":153843,"date":"2025-09-02T06:03:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=153843"},"modified":"2025-09-02T06:03:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:03:06","slug":"immature-mourning-dove-in-arkansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/09\/02\/immature-mourning-dove-in-arkansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Immature Mourning Dove In Arkansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

I almost forgot that I photographed this immature Mourning Dove last month in Arkansas, but I came across the file earlier this morning and wanted to share it today.<\/p>\n

\"ImmatureImmature Mourning Dove on driftwood \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f9, 1\/160, ISO 1000, +0.3 EV, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The Mourning Doves in the area still seem like they have nesting on their minds. I see the males chasing after the females frequently. They may still have more chicks yet this year.<\/p>\n

This young dove shows light-colored fringing on some of its feathers that gives it a scaled or scalloped look.<\/p>\n

The dove may have been curious about the sounds my camera was making as I photographed it perched on the driftwood near a feeder. There really is no sure way of telling what was on their mind, though.<\/p>\n

Yesterday evening I sat outside before sunset and listened to the nearby Mourning Doves. I love hearing their songs and calls<\/span><\/a>. They soothe me.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Mourning Dove photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I almost forgot that I photographed this immature Mourning Dove last month in Arkansas, but I came across the file earlier this morning and wanted to share it today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13950,27,1189,13951],"tags":[6010,3763,3764,1996,13981,13931,3747,4067,1190,2315,9071,13966,4193,1191],"class_list":["post-153843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arkansas","category-avian","category-mourning-doves","category-sebastian-county","tag-curious","tag-dove","tag-doves","tag-driftwood","tag-feeder","tag-garden","tag-grass","tag-immature","tag-mourning-dove","tag-summer-3","tag-teenage","tag-yard","tag-young","tag-zenaida-macroura"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t