05 | September | 2011 | Texas Tweeties by Bob Zeller

Since the dove hunting season has begun here in west Texas, this would be a good time to bring you up to date on the different species that you can find here. I will do a post each day covering all the different ones.

First up: White-winged Dove. (Zenaida asiatica). Medium sized, but larger than the Mourning Dove, it has a short square tail and broad wings. It is an unmarked pale brown overall color with broad white streaks along the edges of the folded wings. A bluish hue surrounds the orange eyes. It sports a long thin bill, slightly down-curved.