[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Band-tailed Pigeon was photographed in the foothills near Los Angeles, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: July 1979)

[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Red-billed Pigeon was photographed resting on a branch under this tree's canopy at Falcon Dam, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: April 2000)

[Length 12.5 in. Wingspan 28 in.]

This Rock Pigeon (formerly named Rock Dove) was photographed at Lily Lake in Cape May, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: April 1983)

[Length 12.5 in. Wingspan 28 in.]

This Rock Pigeon (formerly named Rock Dove) was photographed at Kensington Park, London, England. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 180 f2.8 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: April 2002)

[Length 13 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

This Stock Dove was photographed at Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 180mm EDAF-D f2.8 lens (EFL=270mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: May 22, 2004)

[Length 13.5 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This White-crowned Pigeon was photographed at Everglades National Park, Florida. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1983)

[Length 16 in. Wingspan 30.5 in.]

This Woodpigeon was photographed at St. James Park, London, England. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodak Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 2002)

[Length 21 (Female) to 25 (Male) in. Wingspan 34 in.]

The Northern Pintail is one of the most common and widespread ducks in North America. It breeds in the central and western US, all across the northern US, and in virtually all of Alaska and Canada (save Newfoundland and Labrador, and the high arctic reaches such as Baffin and Ellsmere Islands). The males are handsome with their chocolate heads, snow-white breasts and neck stripe, silver-gray bodies, and the long tail plumes which give them their name of "Pintail". This male was photographed at the Lake Hood Seaplane Marina in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm f4.5 ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1989)