Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Eurasian Collared Dove

This is the bird I am most often asked about here at Buckskin Mountain State Park.  Campers hear its coo,Coo,coo dawn to dusk in the campground were it roosts in trees and feeds on the ground in the campsites.  It’s easy at first to be taken in by its beauty, song, and nearness.  But, there is a background,---  this is a very invasive species, having spread clear across the United State in less than thirty years. The end result is that it is driving our most common native species, the Mourning Dove almost out of sight. It’s repeated call now irritates, it constant appearance only serves to remind of the other doves no longer seen, that of the Inca Dove, and Common Ground Dove, as well as the Mourning Dove.         
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  1. -MM-February 2, 2011 at 3:21 PM

    We were posting at the same time.. and my MonacoMama's Miscellany blog has a photo of the Mourning Dove.
    There is also a link to a slide show on my Feathery Finds blog that has 4 photos of the Mourning Dove.

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  2. The RamblerFebruary 2, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    That's is amazing that we were both posting about doves at the same time!

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  3. DanFebruary 3, 2011 at 3:22 PM

    I hear that Eurasian Collared Doves taste like chicken!

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  4. KevinWFebruary 3, 2011 at 4:20 PM

    Funny reading this now, as my hour long neighborhood walk today was continually in earshot of these doves. They're everywhere!

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  5. The RamblerFebruary 3, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    Dan-- interesting enough, there were people on my bird walk today from Bend that have seen these doves in their back yard.

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