I was very excited when Brandon Percival showed us (the participants of a field trip) the Eurasian collared Dove in south-east Colorado many years ago. I was pretty pleased with myself (at that time) that I could tell it apart from the Mourning Dove... Then I started to realize that their numbers were increasing at an amazing rate. It made me think about the Passenger Pigeons who were present in mega-numbers before their extermination. I thought the ECOD's might just be filling the niche left empty by the Passenger Pigeons. Kind of puts a different perspective on this, doesn't it ? I wonder if the pigeons were disliked as much as the ECOD's and they were exterminated on purpose ? Anyone knows ? Cecile Lee Elbert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/
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