White Dove Question

[Walter Sobchak]

I see these fellas all the time...are the from a wedding or something?  What kind of dove are they?

[JTF]

Looks like a white colour varation of a Rock Dove.

[Walter Sobchak]

Rock dove? there were five in a row, and there where no "regular" rock doves nearby.  These boys were pure white...I'm thinking they were domestic escapees.

[Carl-Adam]

Hey, I see white Rock Doves downtown from time to time.

[Brian Bailey]

My guess is that they are escapees.  Maybe from a magician?

They look a bit slim for a Rock Pigeon.  Maybe Collared or Turtle Doves?  Whatever species, they appear to be albino or partial albino.  I see a bit of black in the tail of one, but they all have pink bills and feet.  

To find a single albino is rare enough, but five all together?  Only if they escaped together!

BB

[Pat Hodgson]

They release these things every once in a while in ceremonies at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, and other places too I'm sure.  They make good hawk food if nothing else.