Flight Speed of the Mourning Dove
Journal
Condor
Volume
45
Issue
3 (May-June)
Year
1943
Pages
119
Section
From Field and Study
Online Text
Flight Speed of the Mourning Dove.-On July 18, 1942, while driving between Woodburn and Donald, Oregon, I checked the 5ight speed of the Mourning Dove (Zenaidura macrouuu). The bird jumped off the road in front of the car and flew directly in front of it for more than threequarters of a mile at a speed of from 30 to 35 miles per hour. It did not seem to be flying with special effort.-FRED G. EVENDEN, JR., Oregon State College, Corvdlis, Oregon, February 15, 1943.
