{"id":54936,"date":"2018-11-09T05:19:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T12:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=54936"},"modified":"2025-05-22T16:36:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T21:36:56","slug":"immature-mourning-dove-at-a-pumpkin-patch-in-northern-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/11\/09\/immature-mourning-dove-at-a-pumpkin-patch-in-northern-utah\/","title":{"rendered":"Immature Mourning Dove At A Pumpkin Patch in Northern Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ImmatureImmature Mourning Dove at a pumpkin patch – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

It might seem a little late in the year to see immature Mourning Doves but it probably isn’t because Mourning Doves can have as many as six broods per year. These doves start nesting early in the spring and continue having more broods until around October.<\/p>\n

I photographed this immature Mourning Dove yesterday morning at the Pack Farms Pumpkin Patch<\/span><\/a> which is just across the road from Glover Pond and the new nature center at Farmington Bay. The orange color in the background is from pumpkins laying on the ground behind the bird and the young dove is resting on irrigation equipment.<\/p>\n

The young Mourning Dove still has some visible scaling on some of its feathers which is a lighter colored fringing at the tips of those feathers, adults do not show that scaling effect.<\/p>\n

I’ve photographed other birds in front of the pumpkins at this patch before and for some reason it tickles me to have the orange color of the pumpkins in the background of my photos taken there.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

It might seem a little late in the year to see immature Mourning Doves but it probably isn’t because Mourning Doves can have as many as six broods per year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1022,697,1189,1188,26],"tags":[3763,3764,9556,4067,6875,4378,1190,6876,4104,4497,4496,4156,9557,4193,1191],"class_list":["post-54936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-mourning-doves","category-pigeons-and-doves","category-utah","tag-dove","tag-doves","tag-equipment","tag-immature","tag-irrigation","tag-morning","tag-mourning-dove","tag-pack-farms","tag-perched","tag-pumpkin-patch","tag-pumpkins","tag-resting","tag-six-broods","tag-young","tag-zenaida-macroura"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mourning-dove-immature-pumpkin-patch-mia-mcpherson-6647.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-ei4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":153843,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/09\/02\/immature-mourning-dove-in-arkansas\/","url_meta":{"origin":54936,"position":0},"title":"Immature Mourning Dove In Arkansas","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"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.","rel":"","context":"In "Arkansas"","block_context":{"text":"Arkansas","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/arkansas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Immature Mourning Dove on driftwood, Sebastian County, Arkansas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mourning-dove-teenager-mia-mcpherson-6184.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mourning-dove-teenager-mia-mcpherson-6184.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mourning-dove-teenager-mia-mcpherson-6184.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mourning-dove-teenager-mia-mcpherson-6184.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":149586,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/06\/28\/young-mourning-dove-in-arkansas\/","url_meta":{"origin":54936,"position":1},"title":"Young Mourning Dove In Arkansas","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday afternoon, I was happy to have a young Mourning Dove in my viewfinder. 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