Mourning Dove On A Rock, Athens Georgia USA Stock Photo

Mourning Dove bird, Zenaida macroura, perched on a rock. Backyard birding photographed in May in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, USA. The mourning dove is a member of the dove family, Columbidae. The bird is also known as the American mourning dove or the rain dove, and erroneously as the turtle dove, and was once known as the Carolina pigeon or Carolina turtledove.