Mourning Doves

Mourning Dove, scientific name Zenaida macroura, are birds of about 12 inches in length, wingspan 18 inches, common in open areas south of the boreal forest. They are especially found in farmland and suburbs.
they feed on seeds, always on the ground, so they will not feed at a bird feeder. Mourning doves produce up to six broods of chicks per year; however, they do not lay many eggs at a time (normally 2) and their nests are made of flimsy and not very well attached sticks in the crook of a tree, mostly in pine boughs.

Mourning doves are not often seen in migration, although they do retreat from the Great Plains and Canada.

Map of Mourning Dove Range

Mourning Doves have a long tail, which, when in flight, somewhat resembles a diamond, and tapers at the tip.
This is a mourning dove silhouette:

Silhouette: means outline, profile, or figure