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About this sound
FAMILY: Columbidae NEST: plate shaped, flimsy on a solid platform HABITAT: open woodland, fields and trees FOOD: seeds, waste grain from the ground BEHAVIOR: picks through vegetation and stones on the ground and on foliage, bobs its head while walking SIZE: body length 12 inches with small heads COLOR: light brown SOUND: hollow, mournful “coah, cooo, cooo, co”. (At a distance only the three ‘’cooo’’s are audible.) MIGRATION : residents, nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate regions OTHER: population fluctuates according to the availability of prickly poppy seeds
Why parks record sound
The NPS Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division monitors soundscapes in parks across the United States. Natural quiet is treated as a resource to protect, like clean air or dark skies: noise from aircraft, vehicles and machinery can mask animal communication and change the experience of a place.
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Sources & credits
- Mystery Bird #5 by US National Park Service – Public domain