Familiar feathers found all around

What's not to love in a dove?

There are more than 300 kinds of doves on planet Earth. They are spread throughout almost every continent and island. They take many shapes, colors and sizes, but as a race they are uniformly gentle, peaceful and messy.

"Peaceful Dove" is also known as the zebra dove. It is native to Malaysia and Australia. Widely kept as a caged bird, it has escaped into the wild in many places. I photographed the one seen with this story at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

The spotted dove is native to the subcontinent of India and Southeast Asia, but feral populations have been established in California and Hawaii. The one here I "spotted" on Oahu, Hawaii.

I photographed the white tipped dove at Santa Clara Ranch in McCook, Texas.

The natural range of the ruddy dove includes the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. That's where I found the one I photographed.

Sheepmaker's crowned pigeon is native to New Guinea, but I photographed the one pictured here at the Little Rock Zoo.

-- Jerry Butler

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