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Thank you, so much, Alice! Holy Moly! There are SO many species of doves!! Who'd a thunk?! Now you've got my curiosity up..research is in order! I'll let you know when I find out what kind she is..oh, I named her Lou. I felt that was a safe girl/boy name
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I was thinking mourning dove? But they don't have flouffies on top... so I don't know if it's the same kind of bird or if Lou just has a really weird pinfeather growing in or what, but... does this look close?
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Noo..Jen, Lou is a lot more plain looking, mostly brown colors, unless she just isn't mature enough yet, to show the colors. Either that or she is a female, I know a lot of species where the female is more camouflaged than the male. She's not very big, either.
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I seriously hope I can set her free one day..that's my dream
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Does anyone know if a dove can be set free, wherever? I know that woodpeckers would die if set free not in their own territory. I've grown attached to this little bird and want to do right by her.
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Little Lou has the black dots on the back part of her wings now,, and an iridescent glow to her front feathers. She may still be a he but I will call her/he a girl till I know better
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Glad to see he/she's doing a lot better and her feathers are coming back in. Yay!!!
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Still have little Lou in the outdoor aviary. I badly want to set her free, she can fly from the bottom to top of aviary..straight up 6ft. to a branch. She can fly from branch to branch. The only problem I'm having in letting her go is, she has a droopy shoulder still . This is on the shoulder/wing that she lost all those feathers from/that grew back. The wing still drags but she CAN fly, I'm just not sure how well outside of an aviary. Tim suggests that I take her to the golf course to set her free and that way, a cat won't snag her right off. Any suggestions? I know she can't be happy by herself and she is still desperately afraid of any human closeness, she beats herself against the wire when I come in to feed her.
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