Birds of Feather/Ornithology

[soobsession]

a dove's beak seems sharper...there are also differences in color and a dove's tail seems longer too

[crabnebula143]

Yeah, I think dove's have "sharp" tails, and pigeons have... flatter/more squared off tails?!?!?

[sewforlife]

Yeah, I think dove's have "sharp" tails, and pigeons have... flatter/more squared off tails?!?!?

the pigeons have less chiseled tails?

[croman74]

It might just be the picture, but the dove has a black spot on its neck.

[sewforlife]

it might just be the pic, because one of the doves doesn't look like it has a spot.

[robotman]

they seem to have different coloration and eye color and different feet shapes

[Lily Essence]

Gosh, I hope they always give us color pictures... Once at regionals for Amph & Rep, the procotor gave us black and white ones.

It'd be really hard to tell some of the birds apart if it weren't for coloration. (Of course, I know color isn't a very good thing to base most identifications off of because of lighting and constrast and color quality and all that, but it's a good place to start an identification...)

[kp9ssa]

wouldnt it be a huge problem of u got black and white pictures for amphibians and reptiles. (Snake I.D)

[robotman]

no not really for reptile it is actually better to know the patterns rather than the colors when you are I.Ding something

[kp9ssa]

going back to birds, have they put out the reccomended field guide for birds. im just curious