**Hello Hivers**
*Mourning Dove*

Often seen along powerlines, or on fence tops, but they feed on the ground. They have a pouch, that is an enlargement of the esophagus, called a crop, in which they store....
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seeds. Once it is full they fly back up to a perch and digest the meal.
It is one of the  the most abundant birds in North America with an ....

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estimate of 350 million, and one of the longest living birds, with one recording an age of over 30 years old.

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Thank you to Cornell Lab of Ornithology for the map.


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Thanks to Oiseaux.net for the map.
Check out birds on my You Tube

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