I was an active birder for 15 years and never thought a killdeer and
mourning dove resembled each other in flight.

Does being a birder mean you went to dove shoots and hunted them?
Ronnie

Scratching my head trying to figure out what that question means.

My comment was that doves and killdees look a lot alike when flying over a dove
field when you are hunting them. If being a birder means you are in the same
situation, fine. But if it means you are watching them from a distance, usually
with binoculars, it has nothing to do with my statement that killdees and doves
look almost exactly alike when you are hunting on a dove field.
Ronnie

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