[Length 8.25 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This Inca Dove and chicks were photographed on a nest built on a basketball backboard support in the Texas Hill Country. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 2000)

[Length 8.25 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This fledgling Inca Dove was photographed at Ingram, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: October 2000)

[Length 12 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Mourning Dove was photographed at a residence, Andrews, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: July 2, 2008)

[Length 12 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Mourning Dove was photographed at a feeder in Great Swamp NWR, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Soligor 180mm f3.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: July 1974)

[Length 12 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Mourning Dove was photographed at a feeding station in Middletown, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 1998)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 20 in.]

This Ringed Turtle-Dove (presumed to be an escaped cage bird) was photographed near a feeder in central New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: January 1984)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 20 in.]

This captive Ringed Turtle-Dove was photographed at a private aviary in Hunt, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: July 2001)

[Length 6.5 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This male Ruddy Ground-Dove was photographed at Barranquilla, Department Atlantico, Colombia. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: June 12, 2009)