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Rock Dove

Columba livia

County
Specimen
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Bronx
Specimen # 93
Date: August 1, 2009
Location: Bronx, NY
Notes: At the Zoo, not on exhibit ;-).

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Bronx
Specimen # 145
Date: November 11, 2010
Location: Bronx, NY
Notes: At the Zoo, not on exhibit ;-).

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Kings
Specimen # 217
Date: January 7, 2012
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Notes: Near Brooklyn College.
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Kings
Specimen # 206
Date: August 6, 2011
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Notes: At the Beach on Coney Island.

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New York
Specimen # 169
Date: April 19, 2011
Location: New York, NY
Notes: With a flock by the river.

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New York
Specimen # 170
Date: April 19, 2011
Location: New York,  NY
Notes: Wet feathers? Raining but other birds did not look like this.

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New York
Specimen # 171
Date: April 19, 2011
Location: New York, NY
Notes: Eating bread at a bus stop in Harlem.

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New York
Specimen # 191
Date: July 17, 2011
Location: New York, NY
Notes: In the street.

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Westchester
Specimen # 110
Date: August 3, 2010
Location: Peekskill, NY
Notes: Well fed, Hudson River.

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Westchester
Specimen # 111
Date: August 3, 2010
Location: Peekskill, NY
Notes: Pied.

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Westchester
Specimen # 112
Date: August 3, 2010
Location: Peekskill, NY
Notes: Hudson River.

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Rock Doves, aka Pigeons, were brought to North America from Europe in the 1600's as domestic animal. The urban landscape is similar to it's natural rocky cliff habitat, and Feral populations soon spread across the continent.

Specimen #145
Date: November 11, 2010
Location: Bronx, NY
Notes: At the Zoo, not on exhibit ;-).

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