Wow there sure are a lot of different doves in Barbados and being a small island I saw several new ones. I also so the Eared Dove they were a little smaller and didn't have such a vibrant color on the neck. OK one of these is a pigeon but still

Common Ground Dove... cute as a button



Zenaida Dove



This one shows his purple neck better sorta



Scaly-necked Pigeon



DuckWatcher
No California -- Zone 9b
Olympus SP-560 UZ

Pigeon, dove - it literally is just a matter of size and semantics. We tend to call the big ones pigeons and the little ones doves (but not always - our pigeons are really Rock DOves), but they're all in the same group. Nice lifers and I love Zenaida Doves!

Jill

Benton, ME
Canon Digital Rebel XT
Canon EF70-300 F4-5.6 IS USM

Really cool shots of some very pretty birds DW, I like the Scaly-necked Pigeon! Did you get any other shots of it?

Ruth
Everett, WA
Zone 8

Nice photos Duckwatcher, looks like you had a good trip. Itīs pretty neat to finally run into something in oneīs travels that isnīt a morning Dove.

I am generally a lurker, but I have to say. Duckwatcher, you go everywhere, don't you? How many countries have you been to.

frank mayf
quincy, il

Frank,

Hmmm.... let me think here. In the last 10 years. In no order:

Germany
Great Britain
Spain
Czech Republic
Italy
France
Switzerland
Belgium
Denmark
Holland
Greece
Canda
Mexico
El Salvador (overnight)
Costa Rica
Argentina
Barbados
Urguay
Fiji
Austalia
New Zealand
Hong Kong
Japan
Puerto Rico (though that is technically the US)
Cayman Islands

I think that is it but I could be missing some

only one word ( other than thanks for sharing your birding adventures)

WHEW ! that is a LOT of travel.

Thanks, Frank for asking..the question which i certainly wondered, but never thought to ask..

alice



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Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39