Dove Biofacts

Question 1

DO: Length

Answer 1

11-13 inches

Question 2

DO: Weight

Answer 2

3 1/2 - 5 oz.

Question 3

DO: Wingspan

Answer 3

5 1/2- 7 inches long

Question 4

DO: Fossil evidence has been found from ___ in California and ____ in Arizona

Answer 4

LaBrea Tar Pits; Pleistocene deposits

Question 5

DO: Breed from ___ to ____

Answer 5

Canada to the Bahamas

Question 6

DO: Where do they spend their winters?

Answer 6

California to Georgia, and south of Panama

Question 7

DO: When do they start to migrate?

Answer 7

September

Question 8

DO: Fly at what times during the day?

Answer 8

morning and late afternoon

Question 9

DO: average how many miles a day?

Answer 9

15 miles

Question 10

DO: When is migration completed?

Answer 10

December

Question 11

DO: What determines their range?

Answer 11

Available food, and roosting cover

Question 12

DO: How many fly together?

Answer 12

20 or more

Question 13

DO: Monogamous or promiscious?

Answer 13

Monogamous

Question 14

DO: Which sex incubates the eggs?

Answer 14

Both

Question 15

DO: When does mating start? (south, north)

Answer 15

january or February in the south, March or April in the north

Question 16

DO: How big are the eggs?

Answer 16

28 mm by 21 mm

Question 17

DO: Nests are placed how far off the ground?

Answer 17

5-25 feet

Question 18

DO: Incubation

Answer 18

14-15 days

Question 19

DO: When does the male sit on the eggs and when does the female sit on the eggs?

Answer 19

male during the day; females during the night

Question 20

DO: What do young drink?

Answer 20

pigeon milk

Question 21

DO: What is the largest mortality factor acting on dove?

Answer 21

hunting

Question 22

DO: Hunting takes what percent of the fall population?

Answer 22

30-35%

Question 23

DO: All factors result in a loss of __ to ___ of adult birds

Answer 23

50-70%

Question 24

DO: Average life span

Answer 24

1-1.5 years

Question 25

DO: Fly up to how many miles to feed in grain fields?

Answer 25

15 miles

Question 26

DO: Is the need for water high or low?

Answer 26

high

Question 27

DO: Water should be within how many miles?

Answer 27

12-18 miles

Question 28

DO: Is space a limiting factor?

Answer 28

no

Question 29

DO: Dove may use the nests of other birds such as the __, __, and __

Answer 29

Robin, blue jay, English sparrow