Carolina Dove; Mourning Dove (Zenaidura macroura) | Affiliated Manuscripts | Further Data

Occurrence in Amherst & Connecticut Valley, Mass.

C19

Common summer resident

March - October

C20

Summer resident, possible in winter; arrives March (5) 11, departs October 30 (November 18). —Bagg & Eliot

March - November

C21

May be found at all seasons

February - December

Habitat

open fields, parks, and lawns with many trees and shrubs

Nest Materials

fine twigs, needles, grass stems

19th-20th Century Field Notes

CAROLINA DOVE . TURTLE - DOVE . Grayish . blue ; head and neck , ochery - brown , with ruby and golden iridescence ; a violet black spot back of the ear ; beneath , paler than above . Length , 12 1 - 2 inches . Common summer resident . Earliest arrival , March 26 , 1886 ; departs in October . Raises 1 brood . Eggs 2 , white . Nest of fine twigs in evergreens . Eggs laid the last of May . Feeds on seeds , insects , etc . Notes , plaintive .

—H.L. Clark, 1887

21st Century Conservation Notes

Least concern*