Nature's Focus: Mourning Dove
The Mourning Dove is a pudgy looking bird with short legs, a small head and a long slender tail. Its coloring and pattern are an overall subtle tan and brown with black markings on the wings and the tail. The color variations are known to change slightly, and are dependent on their natural surroundings. 
Photos courtesy of Thomas W. Gorman
One of the more common birds found throughout the state, is one which is normally seen perched in large groups on electrical wires, or scratching the ground looking for seed and that species is the Mourning Dove.
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What does this mean exactly: "The color variations are known to change slightly, and are dependent on their natural surroundings"?
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