ML31670931

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

I was standing in the parking area waiting for the rangers to come out and open the gate when this dove came flying out of the forest on the east side of the path leading up to the entrance shack. It was zipping along about 3 m off the ground and went right for the new parks building into a corner with a big pane of window glass on one side and a green wall on the other. It was going at the window at an acute angle and must have figured out something was wrong at the last minute. Without slowing much it veered off avoiding the window but wound up slamming into the green metal wall about a meter off the deck (see first photo - there is a little white feather stuck to the wall where it hit). Knocked pretty silly, but looked like it might recover. I handed it over to the rangers. It was still resting quietly in a box when I checked in at 10:45 after my hike to Catarata Escondida. Brownish eye color and some rufous fringed body feathers indicate a young bird. Not sure about the sex - seemed surprisingly small which might indicate a female, but seemed to already have well developed purplish sheen on nape and neck which on a young bird would probably indicate a male.

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot SX530 HS

ISO

200

Focal length

4.3 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/4.0

Shutter speed

1/160 sec

Dimensions

1767 pixels x 1472 pixels

Original file size

1023.02 KB