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European Turtle Dove
Streptopelia turtur

(Above) Irkayya Farm, Qatar, 27 March 2013 (EOS 7D, 300mm f2.8 + 2x Extender)

Only my second sighting in Qatar, the first being four days ago! Yet, they breed in a ground-nesting colony (in/on grass clumps on the desert floor) not too far away across the water in Bahrain.

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European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur (Above) Irkayya Farm, Qatar, 27 March 2013 (EOS 7D, 300mm f2.8 + 2x Extender) Only my second sighting in Qatar, the first being four days ago! Yet, they breed in a ground-nesting colony (in/on grass clumps on the desert floor) not too far away across the water in Bahrain.
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