ML574590441
Contributor
Kim Springer Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Willadell Road
Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
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Observation details
FIRST RECORD FOR MERCER COUNTY. I found it on our hike and immediately (heard it) knew it was a White-winged Dove from our many trips to Mexico. It was singing: who cooks for you over and over. It was much larger than a Mourning Dove. It had big white wing patches - and white tips on the outer tail feathers when it would fly around. It did not make the Mourning Dove sound when it flew, and it would often glide. It was raising its tail and fanning it open and shut - and raising its wings. It went into a large, flimsy, platform nest of sticks (like a Mourning Dove's nest), would get in this nest, and was displaying. It would fly around to several of the same tree branches and sing. See pictures and video - and listen to recordings.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
- Lens
- 3.8-247mm
- ISO
- 125
- Focal length
- 247 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/400 sec
- Dimensions
- 4435 pixels x 3595 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.17 MB