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1
Q

DO: Length

A

11-13 inches

2
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DO: Weight

A

3 1/2 - 5 oz.

3
Q

DO: Wingspan

A

5 1/2- 7 inches long

4
Q

DO: Fossil evidence has been found from ___ in California and ____ in Arizona

A

LaBrea Tar Pits; Pleistocene deposits

5
Q

DO: Breed from ___ to ____

A

Canada to the Bahamas

6
Q

DO: Where do they spend their winters?

A

California to Georgia, and south of Panama

7
Q

DO: When do they start to migrate?

A

September

8
Q

DO: Fly at what times during the day?

A

morning and late afternoon

9
Q

DO: average how many miles a day?

A

15 miles

10
Q

DO: When is migration completed?

A

December

11
Q

DO: What determines their range?

A

Available food, and roosting cover

12
Q

DO: How many fly together?

A

20 or more

13
Q

DO: Monogamous or promiscious?

A

Monogamous

14
Q

DO: Which sex incubates the eggs?

A

Both

15
Q

DO: When does mating start? (south, north)

A

january or February in the south, March or April in the north

16
Q

DO: How big are the eggs?

A

28 mm by 21 mm

17
Q

DO: Nests are placed how far off the ground?

A

5-25 feet

18
Q

DO: Incubation

A

14-15 days

19
Q

DO: When does the male sit on the eggs and when does the female sit on the eggs?

A

male during the day; females during the night

20
Q

DO: What do young drink?

A

pigeon milk

21
Q

DO: What is the largest mortality factor acting on dove?

A

hunting

22
Q

DO: Hunting takes what percent of the fall population?

A

30-35%

23
Q

DO: All factors result in a loss of __ to ___ of adult birds

A

50-70%

24
Q

DO: Average life span

A

1-1.5 years

25
Q

DO: Fly up to how many miles to feed in grain fields?

A

15 miles

26
Q

DO: Is the need for water high or low?

A

high

27
Q

DO: Water should be within how many miles?

A

12-18 miles

28
Q

DO: Is space a limiting factor?

A

no

29
Q

DO: Dove may use the nests of other birds such as the __, __, and __

A

Robin, blue jay, English sparrow