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BrianZ06

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I was working in my pole barn and heard a something walking on the roof and went outside to see a bird that I could not identify. It flew down eventually onto the ground and actually walked right up to me. It was tagged also on the foot. Cell phone picture is terrible. The pictures need some work. When it flew off it had a pretty big wing span.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc178/1fstws6/IMG_20130712_165713_998_zpse61c8b67.jpg

 

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc178/1fstws6/91c61e16-73e8-45f3-98b9-438c75ff3d3b_zpsc518bbc5.jpg

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How big is it? Looks bigger than a Dove but smaller than a Pheasant.

http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=802&pictureid=7251

 

You have it right. This is what I was thinking. Look at its head/beak ?

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It's a carpenter bee.

bwhahaha Nice.

 

As for the bird:

 

There are shitloads of domesticated dove and pigeons coming in far more varieties of colors and feathers than you can imagine. (Btw, they are so closely related, they may interbreed.) Since that one is banded and from the sound of it, not easily frightened, it probably belongs or belonged to someone at one time. Hard to say without seeing the actual tag. Even domesticated ones will take off on their own from time to time if they aren't kept roosted.

 

And, like other animals, it's possible for strange color variations in wild stock either due to a genetic abnormality or due to interbreeding with domesticated stock.

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