Hi all, Thanks for the response I received regarding the dark dove in my Pueblo West yard. Most all agreed that it looks to be a melanistic bird rather than an oiled to sooty one. And most thought it was likely a Eurasian Collared-Dove. There's one holdout for Eurasian Collared-Dove - Mourning Dove hybrid. Thanks everyone for having a look. This is what I love about birding -- there's always some new thing to wonder about.
Cheers, Margie Joy Pueblo West, CO ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "mar1...@juno.com" <mar1...@juno.com> To: cobirds@googlegroups.com Subject: [cobirds] Confusing dark dove, Pueblo West, Pueblo County Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 01:15:13 GMT Hi all, I'm interested in comments about a strange-looking dark dove seen with Eurasian Collared-Doves in my Pueblo West yard on March 26 and 27. I've loaded photos on my Flickr page starting at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/59865934@N00/16495006503/ Click right in the photo stream for two more photos. They are pretty bad, taken through a low-powered scope with a point-and-shoot camera behind a double-paned window in my kitchen. But perhaps some of you can see enough to make an educated guess. At first I thought it was a Mourning Dove but the closer shot taken the second day showed a distinct collar. That and the eye color ruled out Mourning Dove. The shape of the tail feathers is interesting, as is the very dark color. I posted it on the CFO Facebook page and got a few comments. Some thought it was oiled or sooty, some thought it was a collared-dove of one sort or other, some thought it was a hybrid, but none had ever seen anything like it. I'm still at a loss and would love to hear some insight from those of you who are good at sorting out puzzles. You may reply to the group or privately to mar1joy AT juno DOT com. Cheers, Margie Joy Pueblo West, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/20150411.191513.14376.0%40webmail12.vgs.untd.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/20150418.091041.15424.1%40webmail02.vgs.untd.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
