Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Zenaida macroura
2.
30 Apr. Between Cafeteria and Bee Art - Bird this
morning is sitting on edge of nest. This
may indicate that young have hatched.
1 May Nest dirty with droppings on
edge Am positive from this that
young have hatched.
15/6 May West Gatefield Nend - Saw 2 eggs on
ground, looked like dove. One of them is
fairly old and was picked clean by ants.
Ants were just working on the other which
was fresh but had 2 holes in it.
Directly above, about 10 ft. high is a
typical Morning Dove nest.
1957
13 Feb.
Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif.
At 5 P.M. along Dana St. saw several
Doves. For the most part they seemed
to be in pairs, no singles or larger groups.
Saw no courtship behavior but there
seemed to be a definite togetherness. Doves
have been calling around here in the
mornings for several mornings.
23 March, 57.
2214 Haste St., Berkeley Calif. Alameda Co.
At about 10 AM saw a pair of doves
in and around the magnolia tree in
the front of the house. They are building
a nest in a fork of a heavy, nearly
horizontal branch about 18 ft. up. One
bird which I presume to be the f was
sitting at the fork. The other bird would
fly to the ground in the front yard next
door, where there is no lawn but flowers etc.