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Kathy Mcallister
Crown City, OH, United States
Unusual feathers & bills
White tail feathers
Have a mourning dove with white tail frathers La Grange Texas
I’m in Knoxville TN and just took pic of one in at my feeder.
I’m in Georgetown,Ohio in Brown County. We live about an hour East from Cincinnati, Ohio. I just saw a white tailed Dove at my feeder yesterday 3-28-20.
Very excited to see a pair of white tail feathered doves ground feeding 3/25/2020.
So beautiful the moment took my breathe away!
I live close to Rochester MN. avid bird lover what a wonderful blessing!
I’m from Lancaster, Ohio. I’ve just seen my first dive with white tail feathers. I’ve been here 45 years.
I have a white tail dove sitting on her babies in a nest. She is beautiful. I watched her build the nest a couple of weeks ago.
Amanda, Oh. Watching pair of white tail doves at my feeder. Didn’t know they were rare.
Have a white tail dove Anna ,Illinois where I feed my birds .
We have a dove with 2 white tail feathers here in Suffield, Ct
Have a white tail dove in Greensboro NC. Have had 2 most of the summer, now have 3 and only one has a white tail.
November 21 2021 Dove with white tail feathers in Punta Gorda FL on the ground under the feeder.
2 Mourning Doves with white tipped tail feathers, here in Dungannon, Virginia (Southwest region of Virginia). Have seen these doves all over the South & Mid Atlantic and these are the first I’ve seen with white on their tail feathers.
I have probably over 20 doves come to my yard, but I’ve never seen one with a white tail until yesterday! They are just amazing 💕 I also had a huge band tailed pigeon in my yard. I have never seen anything like it. He was eating with all my doves and I was mesmerized by it’s beauty 💕
I’m in Memphis,Tennessee where a lone white tailed dove was eating birdseed on my patio this cool (low 70s) morning. It stood out beautifully among a scattering of 4-6 other mourning doves and Cardinals who feed here daily, but this is the first time I’ve seen one like this.
A mourning dove with a white tail just showed up at our house in Glendale, CA a week ago and is still here. I hope he/she stays! I’ve been keeping track of all the mourning doves who take residence at our house and this is the first with a white tail.
With such a pretty tail tipped in white, the mourning dove in my garden under the feeder caught my eye this morning. Had to look it up as I’d never seen one with a white tail before. We are in Atlanta, GA.
Have a few pictures of a white dove at my feeder in Lake City, MI, very unique bird that seemed to sport many poses , unlike the typical doves that fly when I walk towards the slider.
I have a white tailed dove in my yard. I have been watching dove every spring and summer for three years, and this is the first one that I have seen with a white tail feather. I’m in Laurinburg, NC.
I’m in Louisiana and they good eating
Saw a white tailed dove under my feeder 9/9/23 in Barnstable, MA. First sighting ever.p
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