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Bar-shoulderd Dove
Doc Duck

Bar-shoulderd Dove (Geopelia humeralis)

Another lifer - obviously, since it's an Aussie endemic and I'd never been there before. They have some marvelous, brassy-coloured iridescence on their necks and wings. Not showing in this image, but I have one later that captured some of that. This image shows how pretty the underside of their tails is. Surprisingly, that feature wasn't shown or described in my field guide, so it took me a while to work out what bird this was ... but I got there.
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Habitat
urban tree
Location
Darwin, Australia
Date taken
18 Aug 2018
Scientific name
Geopelia humeralis
Equipment used
D90, 80-400
KC Foggin
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Perched tall and proud in this image and nicely captured Ann!
 
Jonno52
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Nice shot of this lovely dove Ann (well, most doves are lovely birds, with the possible exception of Woodpigeons, much as I like em). Yes, very surprising the undertail pattern wasnt mentioned in your guide! Thanks for the evocative narrative. And congrats on getting a lifer.
 
delia todd
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Opus Editor
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Mmmmm... that really is a lovely undertail pattern, isn't it Ann.

That's a great first picture to get of your Lifer - very well done lassie.
 

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