can you put a picture??

Does it appear to be smaller than a mourning dove? Looks like what they call a mexican dove or a rock dove. Cool pic!!

it looks wet. Does it always look like that? Or do you think it's wet. It's shape looks weird.

The picture was taken after a rain, I think she was dry though. I will go out and take another pic and see if I can add it to the post. I would love to get a shot of her in flight, the colors are WILD!!

maybe another picture???

I have some of those around my house they are way smaller and they do let you get really close to them

Turtle Dove

The colors are only visible in flight. Never have my camara when she decides to fly and she won't leave her nest when I do. Hopefully I can catch a shot of her in flight.

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Looks like a match.

It appears to me to be an 'Inca Dove', although they are not usually found this far west. The eastern choice would be known as a 'Common Ground Dove'. Both of them are small doves, even smaller than morning doves. Both the Inca and the Common dove are the only 2 doves that have a very distinct 'scalloped' look to them. That is why I inquired as to whether it was wet. Some birds look scalloped when they are wet. If it is the Inca, which I suspect than it truley is a remarkable thing, due to the fact that it's range is from SE California to south-central Texas. It would not be impossible that it would be this far east, due to the most recent drought scenarios. Google Inca Dove. And no I am not a scientist. I am a coonass and my father gave me a copy of 'An Audubon Handbook' Eastern Birds a long time ago. I keep it handy to identify birds and ducks. Cool book.

I just googled Inca dove and that's exactly what it is, no doubt! Looks like they are moving east as this pic was taken in St. Francisville. Cool bird, thanks for the info!!!

Inca Dove
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Inca_Doves_nesting.jpg

100% Inca Dove just got done taking a bird class this past semester. We saw one in baton rouge so they are def here in louisiana. Not common though

How do they taste?

They taste the same. My father reminded me that we killed them before and ate them. He called them 'Texas Doves'.