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They look quite different from the doves here. Do they coo?

Doves, a symbol of peace and a bird I like to eat. It fills me with mixed emotions.

I've never seen nor heard of these doves before.
They are not even in the two bird books I have.
These seemed to be a bit tired and didn't make any sound at all.

@Dan - There are plenty of normal doves here.Be my guest

Das ist ein witziger Name für die Täubchen...
Sei lieb ggerüßt
Kvelli

what lovely birds, very handsome

How great to have new birds to ID. You are living in a fascinating place.

Even though they look quite different from the mourning doves I see everyday it's funny how they all seem to sit in the same fluffed up pose.

Look at their little faces! I have never seen this dove before. How lucky you are to get to travel and explore exotic places.

Interesting doves. I was curious to find out if namaqua doves are related to mourning doves (Zenaida macroura), birds I'm familiar with as they nest in my garden, so I looked them up. They do look a little alike but they are from different families.

I enjoyed reading this post!

simply beautifully captured shot...lovely view!

It's so annoying to hear noises and get trapped in a traffic jam. Sometimes I envy the birds that can fly and get away from it all.

They are prety Doves. And much different then the Mourning Doves I am use to seeing. The neck area reminds me of a Black Bellied Plover.

Looks like there are a lot of birds out there. The honking can get very very annoying. When I visit India, I always wake up to the honking early in the morning. Can't really sleep much!

Very handsome birds Nicole. Isn't it great to get to see new species all the time?

How lucky to be able to see a bird that is not in a book hard to ID without a book.

Thanks everyone

@Stine - yes,mourning doves have the same long tail, but these are much smaller. They looked like tired featherballs

@Serline - Maybe that's one reason I love birds so much

@Eileen - I wasn't sure what they were, I thought Plover or dove...but couldn't make up my mind

@Scriber - here it's mainly the honking AT you when they drive by that gets me.
Yesterday a water truck driver almost crashed into a roundabout monument because he was so busy looking at the dogs and me while honking at me at the same time that he missed to break...

@Larry - not too hard to get new species for me, since I just started ID-ing / birding

@Neil - I have two small books. This one should actually be in the big Colins bird guide. I have the small one for Gem birds and one (not overly great one, but it helps) for Egyptian / Middle Eastern birds.

...they are beautiful and interesting looking birds! I loving coming across a new species!!

Looks similar to our mourning doves but with a very long tail...