Notes: Wet feathers? Raining
but other birds did not look like this.
New York
Specimen # 171
Date: April 19,
2011
Location: New York, NY
Notes: Eating bread at a bus
stop in Harlem.
New York
Specimen # 191
Date: July 17, 2011
Location: New York, NY
Notes: In the street.
Westchester
Specimen # 110
Date: August 3,
2010
Location: Peekskill, NY
Notes: Well fed, Hudson River.
Westchester
Specimen # 111
Date: August 3,
2010
Location: Peekskill, NY
Notes: Pied.
Westchester
Specimen # 112
Date: August 3,
2010
Location: Peekskill, NY
Notes: Hudson River.
Rock Doves, aka Pigeons, were brought to North America from Europe in the 1600's as domestic animal. The
urban landscape is similar to it's natural rocky cliff habitat, and Feral populations soon spread across the continent.
