Excerpts from Jim Conrad's
Naturalist Newsletter

from the June 23, 2013 Newsletter issued from the Frio Canyon Nature Education Center in the valley of the Dry Frio River in northern Uvalde County, southwestern Texas, on the southern border of the Edwards Plateau; elevation ~1750m (~5750 ft); N29.62°, W99.86°; USA
THE GROUND DOVE'S SHORT TAIL

In our earlier pictures it was hard to see the birds' tails. One afternoon this week a Ground Dove lighted on the ground outside my window displaying his tail, so that's to be seen below:

Common Ground Dove, COLUMBINA PASSERINA