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  • I'm mad at our neighborhood fox squirrel right now because it attacked a nesting White-winged Dove (jumped on her back), drove her off her nest, nearly killed her (feathers everywhere), and then tipped the eggs out of the nest so they'd fall to the ground and break, leaving the contents free for the squirrel to lick up.

    wildlife watch, everyday edition 2009

  • Although they've not arrived yet, in the next month we'll see White-winged Doves, harbingers of summer in Tucson.

    Trills of the Western Meadowlark.... Gumbo Lily 2009

  • These include the Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis), Red-fronted Coot (Fulica rufifrons) and White-winged Guan (Penelope albipennis).

    Sechura desert 2008

  • White-winged guan, believed extinct for 100 years, rediscovered in 1977 in Peru.

    Archive 2006-09-01 The Nag 2006

  • White-winged guan, believed extinct for 100 years, rediscovered in 1977 in Peru.

    Lost and found The Nag 2006

  • The Dark-eyed Junco is extremely variable, with four recognized subspecies Gray-headed, Oregon, Slate-colored, and White-winged.

    Archive 2002-12-01 John L. Trapp 2002

  • The Dark-eyed Junco is extremely variable, with four recognized subspecies Gray-headed, Oregon, Slate-colored, and White-winged.

    BIRDS ETCETERA—Birds, Birding, Birders, and Birdwatching John L. Trapp 2002

  • White-winged birds float on it, and trees dip their leafy branches into its coolness.

    The Story of General Gordon Jeanie Lang

  • Miller (1955a: 163) took a male White-winged Dove on April 23 "at the mouth of Boquillas Canyon at about 4900 feet" and remarked that this bird might either be a straggler or a representative of a normal breeding population (_Z.a. asiatica_).

    Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban

  • On January 29 and 30, Sutton and Burleigh (1939a: 29) saw White-winged Doves several times in southern Coahuila along the highway from Saltillo to San Pedro.

    Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban

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