March 8, 2023

We are known as Mourning Doves

We eat seeds and store them in our crop

The record stored is more than 17,000 seeds

That will be a hard number to top!

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park

Sources: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mourning_Dove/overview

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson