All: Do people still like EUCDs as they did while they were expanding their range, or are EUCDs these days looked on as more of a nuisance or unwanted, overly competitive, introduced bird. I know that yesterday, Sunday, when my party had fifteen of them during the San Antonio TX CBC they were not nearly as exciting to see as the one bird one of my part found four or five years ago.
Thanks! Steve Stevan Hawkins San Antonio TX -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:mou-...@lists.umn.edu] On Behalf Of ssmorton Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 7:10 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Eurasian Collared-Doves-Swift Cty I counted 55 at the elevator in Cottonwood, Lyon County on Tuesday. They nested in our backyard this year. Sue Morton -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:mou-...@lists.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Dennis and Barbara Martin Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 1:11 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Eurasian Collared-Doves-Swift Cty Forgot to post this yesterday. These are very common in this county but Friday afternoon we found a flock of Eurasian Collared-Doves that numbered in excess of 28. They were in 2 trees that are next to the grain elevator on Hwy 12 in Murdock. Noticed them as we were driving by and by the time we got stopped and counted them some had flown to the ground and we couldn't see them so the count of 28 is low and there are more than that there. This town has a large open grain storage area that makes it easy for doves to feed. We suspect that places like this all over Minnesota hold these doves in the winter. A couple of years ago we saw juvenile Eurasian Collared-Doves in this town so they do stay and breed in these same places. Dennis and Barbara Martin Shorewood, MN dbmar...@skypoint.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
