'I think this is an escaped captive,' one expert said.
where the sighting was posted — and flew to the Bay Area to catch a glimpse of the creature themselves.as “larger and plumper” than the nearby mourning doves perched in a cedar tree around Greer Road and Maddux Drive. Oriental turtle doves also have a distinctive patch of black-and-white stripes on their necks rather than solid gray plumage, and they lack the ruby red eyes turtle doves are known for.
“Unless it shows up at the house of someone who’s going to recognize it, you’d never know it’s special,” Bradshaw told the Mercury News. “I knew this was something different.” A migratory species, the oriental turtle dove has a wide native range from East Asia to Spain and Kazakhstan, with other sightings recorded in Sweden and Norway. But Glenn Phillips, executive director of the Golden Gate Audubon Society, told SFGATE he thinks the bird is more likely to be someone’s escaped pet.
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