{"id":4233,"date":"2012-01-28T16:01:42","date_gmt":"2012-01-28T23:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=4233"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:44:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T20:44:40","slug":"mourning-dove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/01\/28\/mourning-dove\/","title":{"rendered":"Mourning Dove"},"content":{"rendered":"

After I\u00a0published my\u00a0article titled Wild and Wonderful – Antelope Island – The Birds<\/span><\/a>\u00a0earlier this week I realized I didn’t include any images of the doves found on the island so today I thought I would post a Mourning Dove.<\/p>\n

\"MourningMourning Dove stretching – <\/strong>Nikon D200, f7.1, 1\/750, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Mourning Doves are the most widespread and abundant member of its family in North America.\u00a0They are medium sized doves with small heads, thin dark bills, blue eye rings and pink legs and toes. Their call is a soft hoO-Oo-oo hoo-hoo-hoo<\/em> and sometimes people mistake that sound for an owl.<\/p>\n

Right after I spotted and pointed out this Mourning Dove<\/span><\/a> resting on a rock\u00a0in the warmth of\u00a0sunrise\u00a0it began to stretch and gave me a great series of images of the action.<\/p>\n

\"MourningMourning Dove wing lift – <\/strong>Nikon D200, f7.1, 1\/750, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

After I published my article titled Wild and Wonderful – Antelope Island – The Birds earlier this week I realized I didn’t include any images of the doves found on the island so today I thought I would post a Mourning Dove.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[511,27,1189,26],"tags":[9555,4004,4021,9645,4138,3981,3763,3764,3291,1190,4921,9643,9642,3964,6285,9644,9646,1191],"class_list":["post-4233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-mourning-doves","category-utah","tag-abundant","tag-adult","tag-bird-photography","tag-blue-eye-rings","tag-boulder","tag-davis-county","tag-dove","tag-doves","tag-lichen","tag-mourning-dove","tag-rock","tag-small-heads","tag-spread","tag-stretching","tag-tail","tag-thin-dark-bills","tag-widespread","tag-zenaida-macroura"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mourning-dove-antelope-island-mia-mcpherson-3392.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-16h","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":139571,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/02\/09\/mourning-dove-in-an-arkansas-winter-wonderland\/","url_meta":{"origin":4233,"position":0},"title":"Mourning Dove In An Arkansas Winter Wonderland","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Another series of snowy birds from the snowstorm that hit Arkansas last month. 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