Mourning Dove - Dr. Dude Photography

Mourning Dove perched on a wooden fence. — **Mourning Dove; Vista West, Fort Worth, TX; January 8, 2022**
*Canon EOS 5DS R with Tamron 150-600 mm lens; 600 mm; ISO-6400; f/6.3; 1/2500 sec.*

This page is for the Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura). My first photographic evidence of a Mourning Dove occurred on December 31, 2021 at Cement Creek Reservoir, Fort Worth, TX. I took this photograph as we were walking out of the area and I saw all the dove on the fence. The fence surrounds Meachum Airport which is right next to this small reservoir. The best photograph I have taken of the Mourning Dove to date (above) was from January 8, 2022 at one of our backyard feeders, Vista Heights, Fort Worth, TX. The Mourning Dove is another very familiar bird from my youth. On long drives across Oklahoma and Kansas to visit grandparents, my father, brother, and I would try to guess how many dove we would see before we reached some distant point ahead of us. It was a great road game as dove are distinctive enough when they fly to allow even a young child to be able to identify them. Good times!

The following photographs are the best representative images from different dates and locations than my species representative example.

Twenty-two Mourning Dove sitting on barbed wire on the top of a fence that surrounds an airport. — **Mourning Dove, Cement Creek Reservoir, Fort Worth, TX, December 31, 2021**
*Canon EOS 5DS R with Tamron 150-600 mm lens; 600 mm; ISO-2000; f/14; 1/640 sec.*

Mourning Dove puffed-up while perched on a wooden fence. — **Mourning Dove, Vista West, Fort Worth, TX, February 27, 2022**
*Canon EOS 5DSr with Tamron 150-600 mm Lens; 600 mm; ISO-800; f/7.1; 1/1250 sec.*

Mourning Dove on the ground looking for food. — **Mourning Dove, Clear Fork Trinity River and Bellaire, Fort Worth, TX, April 3, 2022**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens; 500 mm; ISO-320; f/7.1; 1/250 sec.*

Mourning Dove walking around on the ground in a variety of grassland plants. — **Mourning Dove, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, May 8, 2022**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2500; f/10; 1/1250 sec*.

Mourning Dove perched on a telephone wire. — **Mourning Dove, North Holiday Park, Benbrook, TX, May 21, 2022**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-500; f/11; 1/1000 sec.*

Mourning Dove walking around on the ground in in the grass. — **Mourning Dove, Vista Heights, Fort Worth, TX, August 7, 2022**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/10; 1/500 sec.*

Two Mourning Dove in a barren tree. Both look like they are just landing or about to take off. — **Mourning Dove, Bitter Lake NWR, Roswell, NM, November 9, 2022**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-100; f/11; 1/400 sec. +0.3 exposure bias.*

Mourning Dove perched on a branch of a bush. — **Mourning Dove, Bosque del Apache NWR, San Antonio, NM, November 11, 2022**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-200; f/11; 1/400 sec.*

Mourning Dove perched on an overhead wire. — **Mourning Dove, North Holiday Park, Benbrook, TX, March 10, 2023**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-200; f/11; 1/500 sec.*

Mourning Dove on the ground eating a seed. — **Mourning Dove, Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary, Cibolo, TX May 11, 2023**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-4000; f/11; 1/800 sec.*

Mourning Dove standing on the gravel trail. — **Mourning Dove, San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, CA, June 18, 2023**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/11; 1/320 sec.*

Mourning Dove perched on a dead limb with one wing sticking partially out to the side. — **Mourning Dove, San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, CA, June 19, 2023**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-500; f/11; 1/800 sec.*

Mourning Dove perched on a dead tree branch. — **Mourning Dove, San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, CA, June 20, 2023**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-500; f/10; 1/800 sec.*

Mourning Dove perched on the edge of a green building. — **Mourning Dove, Orlando, FL December 4, 2023**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-400; f/10; 1/250 sec.*

Mourning Dove standing on the concrete sidewalk. — **Mourning Dove, Orlando, FL December 5, 2023**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-16,000; f/11; 1/800 sec.*

Two Mourning Dove and one larger White-winged Dove standing on the snow-covered ground. — **Mourning Dove, Vista West, Fort Worth, TX, February 5, 2022**
*Canon EOS 5DSr with Tamron 150-600 mm lens; 600 mm; ISO-6400; f/6.3; 1/2000 sec.*

Mourning Dove standing on the ground. — **Mourning Dove, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, May 4, 2024**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2500; f/10; 1/500 sec.*

Mourning Dove standing on a large rock. — Mourning Dove, Central Park, New York City, NY, August 31, 2024 Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-10,000; f/10; 1/800 sec.