1905.
May 12
(No 2)
  As I was following the cart path over Pine Ridge this
morning a Carolina Dove fluttered out of some dense white pines
within a few yards of me, simulating the actions of a badly 
wounded bird. Alighting in a pine it began uttering a succession
of simple, uniform coos very like those of a tame Pigeon.
Seven or eight of those notes were given in succession at
short, regular intervals. As I approached the bird it 
again took wing fluttering out into an open field occasionally
along the ground & cooing (the single, uniform coos) as
it flew. It must have had young in the pines but
I searched for them in vain. I have often seen a 
nesting Dove behave like this but never before have 
I heard any Carolina Dove coo as this one did.
Carolina Dove with young.