Rare Bird Report #: 35-B-06

IDAHO BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE
RARE BIRD REPORT FORM

SPECIES:

White winged dove Zenaida asiatica

HOW MANY:

1, unknown sex

REPORTER:

Susan Burch
6017 W. Randolph Drive
Boise, ID 83709
208-658-0284

REPORTER EMAIL:

mshumar@cableone.net

OTHER OBSERVERS:

Mark Shumar
6017 W. Randolph Drive
Boise, ID 83709

DATE REPORT PREPARED:

August 16-17, 2006

DATE SIGHTING OCCURRED:

June 16,2006

LOCALITY OF OBSERVATION:

Boise, Idaho; Ada County
6017 W. Randolph

HABITAT:

backyard feeder

CONDITIONS:

photo taken with digital camera. Used binoculors to observe.

DID YOU TAKE NOTES?:

No, not at all

DID YOU CONSULT FIELD GUIDE OR OTHER REFERENCES?:

Yes, during the observation

WHAT GUIDE(S) OR REFERENCE(S) DID YOU CONSULT?:

A Birder's Guide to Idaho.
Dan Svingen and Kas Dumroese.
1997.
Field Guide to the Birds of North America. National Geographic Society. second edition.

DESCRIPTION:

Columbiformes. Looked like a mourning dove but larger, rounded tail with white band, no dark spots on back, white band on wings

BEHAVIOR:

Fed on the ground below bird feeder. Made sound described in field guides - "who cooks for you". Generally ignored other sparrows and finches at feeder and on ground,

HOW AND WHEN DID YOU POSITIVELY IDENTIFY THE BIRD, AND WHAT CLINCHED THE IDENTIFICATION FOR YOU?

June 17, 2006. White band on tail and wings, and calling was different. Confirmation by Terry Rich, FWS, Partners in Flight.

HOW DID YOU ELIMINATE SIMILAR SPECIES, AND WHAT WERE THEY?

Mourning dove. Larger size, white band on tail and wings, no black markings on back. Tail was rounded compared to mourning dove.

EXPERIENCE WITH THIS SPECIES (AND SIMILAR SPECIES):

None with this. We have mourning doves daily in our backyard

GENERAL BIRDING EXPERIENCE:

Casual birders for 20+ years.

WERE PHOTO(S), VIDEO, AND/OR AUDIO OBTAINED BY YOU?:

Photo