### animal | vertebrate | bird | pigeon:

Dove
* All doves have heads that are noticeably small in relation to the rest of the body.
* Many doves feed on seeds of grain, forbs, and grasses.
* Most doves are inside nests
  - known as doves
  - attract doves
* Most doves eat food
* Most doves feed in fields
  - on grain
* Most doves find abundant seeds
  - fly over heads
  - has-part legs
  - have wings
  - live in groups
* Most doves prefer habitats
  - trees
  - release eggs
  - require water
* Most doves sit on eggs
  - walk on feet
* Some doves are inside cages
  - migratory, while others remain in the south during the entire year
  - attract hunters
  - become pests
* Some doves eat cocklebur seeds
  - escape from cages
  - feed in trees
  - float in wind
* Some doves fly over homes
  - rivers
* Some doves have birds
  - distribution
  - patches
* Some doves have small bald patches
* Some doves live in cages
  - on coastlines
  - nest in trees
  - play in rivers
  - rest on eggs
  - sit in trees
* Some doves sit on feet
  - poles
  - roofs
  - stand on fields
  - stay in big groups, some in small.
  * A 'dove' kind of bird in the pigeon family, 'Columbidae'. The names 'pigeon' and 'dove' are often used both for the same meaning. However, there small difference. Doves have a smaller body, and they have longer tails. Sometimes, though, there can be exceptions. Pigeons and doves both have thick bodies and short necks with short, narrow bills. They live in lots of places, but most of them are in places such as Indonesia and Australia. There are more than 300 species of doves. The nests of doves are usually made of sticks.
  * Pigeons and doves both have thick bodies and short necks with short, narrow bills. They live in lots of places, but most of them are in places such as Indonesia and Australia. There are more than 300 species of doves. The nests of doves are usually made of sticks. Their two white eggs are incubated by both the male and the female parent. Doves feed on seeds, fruit and plants. Unlike most other birds, the doves and pigeons produce a type of milk. Both sexes have this kind of highly nutritious milk to feed to the young
* adapt to fit their habitats, and that includes how they eat and drink.
* also eat waste wheat, sorghum, sunflower and rice after the summer harvest
  - have their moments of anger
  - like to ingest agricultural crops
  - prefer tree or shrub rows nearby for roosting
  - stand for the newly baptized
* appear on the tombs of many cultures for various reasons.
* are adaptable creatures that live in many different habitats.
* are also excellent eating and can be prepared in a wide variety of ways
  - sacred symbols for many persons in various other world faith systems
  - animals
  - capable of flies
  - emblems
  - generally calm birds
  - ground-feeding birds and pose no threat to agricultural crops in Wisconsin
  - magical messengers that bring good luck and fortune
* are members of the pigeon family, so they mate for life, sharing the care of their babies
  - migratory game birds, and as such they fall under federal game laws
  - monogamous, meaning that they mate for life in the wild
  - nothing like quail when it comes to needing water
  - on the bottom rung of the food chain with no effective defenses
  - one of the easiest birds to re-nest when a baby has fallen
  - pacifists
  - partial to millet, oats, milo, raw shelled peanut halves and shelled sunflower seeds
  - plentiful until cold weather moves in
  - signs of life
  - some of the most well-known game birds in the state
  - strongly monogamous
  - the symbol of Love, Peace and Unity
  - typically seed eaters
* are very gentle natured birds
  - predictive in their movements
  - widespread groundfeeders
* begin chortling and bristling around one's very legs.
* benefit from conversion of natrual habitats into cultivated areas or pasturelands.
* can have difficulties in feeding.
* carry little sticks, pine needles, rootless and weed stems to a suitable place on a branch.
* do better with seed for food.
* drink water like pigeons in a continuous draught.
  - the seeds of the mistletoe, because they are encased in alluring sticky berries
* enjoy baths.
* escaping from the mouths of dying people represent the departure of their souls.
* feed almost entirely on seeds of various types, either cultivated or grown naturally
* feed on grain
* feel wind.
* frequently represent women's vulnerability.
* have a high mortality rate similar to that of other small game wildlife species
  - unique ability in that they drink differently than other birds
  - contact
  - instinct
* hear doves.
* includes air sacs
  - bird's feet
  - brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - ears
  - faces
  - flight feathers
  - lips
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - quill feathers
  - rib cages
  - second joints
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - talons
  - vacuoles
  - wishbones
* lay eggs.
* lift heads.
* love to sun themselves.
* make sound
  - very poor nests which get blown down easily
* nest in shelter.
* often feed in agricultural fields after crops are harvested.
* prefer a wide range of seeds
  - open land and areas of natural grasses
* prefer to feed on bare or nearly bare ground so a mowed, weed field can be attractive
  - nest in trees or shrubs on horizontal limbs
* produce a high protein food from grain in the form of pigeon milk which is fed to their young.
* represent the purity of love, beauty.
* reproduce at high rates, but are short-lived and generally survive less than one year.
* share habitats.
* simply clean up the seeds blackbirds scatter onto the ground.
* spend a lot of time dusting themselves with the loose soil.
* symbolize love and peace
  - peace, hope, fidelity, prosperity, good luck and remembrance
* tend to build flimsy nests
  - fly upward to escape
  - poop in their food and water
* use the dust to preen their feathers where it becomes airborne with movement of their wings.
* usually avoid dense forests.