Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia

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DOVES

Mourning Dove  Zenaida macroura

WINTER:  Abundant Resident.  See Remarks section for CBC data.

SUMMER:  Abundant Resident.

MIGRATION:

 Spring:  Fairly Common to Common Migrant in late February and early March (Hall 1983, Kiff et al. 1986). 

  Fall:  Common Migrant (Kiff et al. 1986).  Hall (1983) notes migrants occur in October.  Peterjohn (2001) indicates migrants occurring in late July and early August in Ohio.

REMARKS:

Breeding Bird Survey (Bullard 2003): Cabwaylingo State Forest, Wayne Co., WV (2002): 135 Stops (7 surveys), 64 Mile. Number of Stops Recorded: 24. Total Birds: 37.

Breeding Bird Survey (Koch and Hurley 1972): Beech Fork Lake, Wayne Co., WV (29 May 1969): 50 Stops, 25 Mile. Number of Stops Recorded: 6. Total Birds: 13.

Breeding Bird Survey (Koch 1974): McClintic WMA, Mason Co., WV (29 May 1971): 50 Stops, 12.25 Mile. Number of Stops Recorded: 18. Total Birds: 23.

Banding Data:  HY-U banded (Slack) on 06 May 1979 at Huntington, WV, shot by hunter on 08 September 1982 at Point Pleasant, WV.

CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT DATA

Huntington, WV (1940 to 2001):        Recorded on   87% of Counts.  Total Birds:    9,469.  Range:  11 to 1,676.
Mason County, WV (1953 to 1976):  Recorded on 100% of Counts.  Total Birds:       890.  Range:    1 to    272.
Ona, WV (1962 to 2001):                  Recorded on 100% of Counts.  Total Birds:  10,450.  Range:  29 to    850.

Huntington, WV (1940 to 2001):        Number of Counts:  61.  Birds/Party Hr.:  3.1.  Party Hr./Bird:  0.3.
Mason County, WV (1953 to 1976):  Number of Counts:  18.  Birds/Party Hr.:  2.5.  Party Hr./Bird:  0.4.
Ona, WV (1962 to 2001):                  Number of Counts:  40.  Birds/Party Hr.:  5.8.  Party Hr./Bird  0.2.