Growing Native With Petey Mesquitey- Zenaida's Long Tail
Zenaida's Long Tail (5:10) 2009-01-03
The dove silhouette in flight reminds me of a small falcon.by Petey Mesquitey Mourning doves are somewhat bland in coloration, but make up for it with their beautiful fast flight. The dove silhouette in flight reminds me of a small falcon. So what are they doing on the ground all the time? Duh!!! Eating seeds. And a little hunkering in the grassland showed me all the different seed they depend on.
Desmanthus cooleyi won't be found in a nursery, but there are plenty of other native legumes with small seed that you can plant to feed your own flock of Zenaida macroura. Senna covesii would be a good start. Hey, you're a bird gardener!
Petey Mesquitey is KXCI's resident storyteller. Since 1992 Petey has delighted KXCI listeners with slide shows and poems, stories and songs about flora, fauna, family and the glory of living in southern Arizona.
