Spring has sprung; 1st white-winged dove

[Jimmer Negamanee]

Saw my first white-winged dove of the year in the PHX are on Monday...

Cool way to mark the seasons in the Sonoran Desert.

[TOBY]

Did it sing a song?

[PRDATR]

I noticed a couple too on Friday in Tempe.

 

[DUG]

My buddy in Sun City had them at his house on April 5th. When I lived in AZ, I would usually start seeing them the first week of April. The houses in our old neighborhood were in a former Orange orchard.

[wish2hunt]

I have one that has hung around my house all winter the last two years. I thought that was strange.

[Big Tub]

Saw a couple yesterday.  I'm surprised they were not earlier with the extreme heat we have had.

 

[Jimmer Negamanee]

2 hours ago, wish2hunt said:

I have one that has hung around my house all winter the last two years. I thought that was strange.

Strange indeed. I've never heard of that.

[firstcoueswas80]

Been meaning to make this very post for a bout a week. We've had them in the yard in west tucson for a week or so.

[oz31p]

I must be in a nice neighborhood because they have been around all winter at my place 

[NOTAGS]

you sure they're not the Eurasians ?

[wish2hunt]

18 minutes ago, NOTAGS said:

you sure they're not the Eurasians ?

No, I know the difference 

[NOTAGS]

then they over stayed their VISA, they need to be deported!

[oz31p]

Well eurasians are twice as big and don’t have a white stripe on their wing ,so ya I’m sure 

[Yuma Outdoorsman]

On 4/16/2025 at 1:56 PM, NOTAGS said:

then they over stayed their VISA, they need to be deported!

They are probably like the snowbirds in Yuma. We have more and more every year that become full time residents and quit migrating back north for the summer. 

[Ernesto C]

I have seen them  white wings for a week or so here in Yuma. Those eurasians are a pest here.