Ring Dove

 Ring Dove

Size: 30 cm

This hollow, known for its ghoo ghoo ghoo sound, is much wider.  Head and neck gray.  Dok black jaggery and above it - thin white line below.  The back is light brown, but the wings are gray.  The wing feathers are dark brown.  Chest shallow.  Petal and tail gray below.  Beak black.  Feet blushing and fluttering.

The cotyledon (Dove, Dove) is a bird, which is a close relative of pigeons (Colombidae, Order columbidae).  

 The nymphs are long, naive spear birds up to 12 inches long.  Their nature, temperament and other things are similar to the Kapots.  Like Kapot (pigeon), they also fill their stomach with grains and seeds etc. And like these, the time of laying their eggs also comes twice a year.  The female then lays two white eggs in its scaffolding, scattering nest.

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 Ringed turtle pigeons are not afraid of rain, do not pay attention to other birds, they perceive the process as a natural soul to persist under the falling drops.

The migratory pigeon, which was far from the turtle pigeon, was one of the most common bird populations found on the North American continent in the late 19th century.  The colonies of these birds placed their nesting sites over an area of ​​2,200 kilometers in the territory of the state of Wisconsin, and gathered about 136 million people each year.  Eventually, wild birds were completely exterminated by humans.

Reproduction period

Ringed turtle pigeons living in Europe have a long nesting period, starting with the arrival of March and can last until the end of October.  Some people are capable of breeding even in wintertime.  With fortunate conditions, when there are enough safe areas to nest and there is no shortage of food, turtle-pigeons living in the eastern part of Europe can reproduce their babies in the manner of domestic birds.

During the mating season, males use extraordinary flight figures to attract females.  Descending into the air, at almost a vertical angle, the "air acrobats" descend along a fixed trajectory, outlining an imaginary spiral in the sky, each of which has a coil higher than the previous one. Pigeon cooing with this display  There is a beautiful song called.

Falling to the ground, violates the second part of the formal presentation inspired by the gentlemen.  Coming close to his loved one, the man begins a vigorous turn, bow bravely and shows his outstretched wing in all its glory.  After reaching an agreement, the birds begin a mandatory ritual, they clean each other's feathers thoroughly, the ceremony being so important to them that they can continue these activities for several hours without a break.  Huh.

Both individuals participate in the nesting device.  It is noteworthy that all types of twigs and strains of dried grass used as the main building material are preyed upon, especially in males.  But female in the role of "architect", she does not trust in such a responsible mission.  The turtle-pigeon nest has a cup-shaped form.

In laying the turtle pigeon, as a rule, there are two small eggs of white color.  In the incubation of the offspring, both parents participate, at night the female falls on duty, and in the afternoon these duties are assigned to the male. The incubation period of these birds lasts about 15 days, and, always, the first.  The girl appears a few days before the second day.  Ringed turtle pigeons have their own pups on a special diet, this type of food is called "bird's milk", in which the partially digested portions of the parent surrounded with the secretion of glands located in the bird's craw.  Occur.

On the wing, young turtle doves grow very fast, they get their first flight experience at the age of two weeks in the first week.  If conditions are favorable, a pair of these pigeons can grow 4 broods per year.

Turtle Dove Habitat

Until recently, ringed turtle pigeons could be found in forests located in North Africa as well as in Asia Minor, and also inhabited the southern regions of the Asian continent.  With the arrival of the 20th century, these obscure pigeons were widely distributed, it is notable that in new areas they were not attracted to forests but to neighborhoods with locations of active human activity.  In winter, they like to keep large herds, choosing places where grains are easy to catch.

It is suitable for any farm, nursery, menagerie, area of ​​granary, grain processing complex or poultry farm. Representatives of this species, who have chosen a new habitat in the central part of Europe, are close to humans, in any settlement completely  See you