My Weekly Nature Question is about my asking for help from the blogosphere (and other internet users) to learn about species living in Angeles Forest and to share that learning with others. I’m really hoping that this turns out to be a viable and meaningful way to share knowledge.
The answer to last week’s butterfly question turned out to be a Cabbage White Butterfly. As more information is shared, it will appear on the Cabbage White Butterfly Forest Life Page where there are already links to more information.
I’d like to extend thanks to:
Blogger Auntie Beak for identifying the butterfly and providing a link to further information on it. Thanks also to Sue of the blog Backyard Biology for confirming Auntie Beak’s identification.
This week nobody sent me any links to blog articles and I was unable to find any through the search feature in the WordPress reader. If you notice this post and have written (or decide to write) a post on the Cabbage White Butterfly, send me a link and I will add a link to this forest life page and create a reference page like this one to your blog.
This Week’s Question: What species of bird is this?
March 2012
Photo taken from the Upper Sunset Ridge Trail
March 2012
Photo taken from the Upper Sunset Ridge Trail
March 2012
Photo taken from the Upper Sunset Ridge Trail
Hiking Angeles Forest 
I hate to differ, but, I think that’s the “early afternoon Dove,” but I could be mistaken.
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I looked at the time stamps on the photos and they say I snapped them just before 10 am. So, I guess they are mourning dove’s after all :). I’m going to need to research the origin of their name however. Is this the British spelling of “morning” or are they sad birds?
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Yep. That’s a mourning dove. It’s one of the most common birds in the U.S.
In Spanish, it’s called “paloma,” from which Palomar Mountain gets its name.
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So, when I eventually get around to hiking Palomar Mountain I assume I will see lots of them.
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Morning Dove my yard is now filled with them as I bought chicken scratch for some extra food with all this snow 🙂
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Nice of you to make so many bird friends! Thanks for commenting.
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It is the least I can do to provide a little for them for all the enjoyment they give me 🙂
Have a great day
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Looks like a mourning dove to me also! Wikipedia link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Dove
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Thanks for confirming Linda’s ID and providing a link to more information.
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definitely a mourning dove
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Thanks for confirming Linda’s ID.
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Looks like a mourning dove to me. But I’m not an expert!
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Looks like you are right, thanks for commenting.
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