Thursday's Bird Watch!

Eurasian Collard-Doves have made a nest this year at Dallas Retirment Village in the balcony rafters of Diane Wetherbee's 3rd floor Lodge residence.  Last Thursday I got a call from Ann Rolfe about a baby bird on her 2nd floor balcony, which is directly below Diane's place.  The baby turned out to be the juvenile Eurasian Collard-Dove in this photo.  It has also been seen down on the first floor of Del Warren's patio.  So, we know it can fly on its own.  Notice that it does not have the black "collar" on the neck that is so easy for identification of the adults. This is kind of a big deal because this is the first juvenile I have ever seen. It we be interesting to see what happens in the days ahead with this young bird.