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Re: Expansion of Eurasian Collared-Doves



Is it possible that the Eurasian Collared Dove is expanding so rapidly in
the Carolinas because we grow so many collards here?
SORRY!
                                                Reece Mitchell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Carter" <rcarter@sc.rr.com>
To: "CarolinaBirds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: Expansion of Eurasian Collared-Doves


> Ben Smith remarked that he thought that Eurasian Collared-Doves were found
> mostly in urban or suburban settings. I saw my first collared dove for Lee
> County, SC about 4 years ago near Lake Ashwood, in what would be called a
> "rural" area. But most "rural" settings in South Carolina are almost
> suburban. There are people all around, and their houses, etc. I would look
> for this humanized landscape when seeking this species. I do not
anticipate
> many collared doves in the middle of Congaree Swamp National Monument, or
in
> the heart of the Mountain Bridge wilderness.
>
> Eurasian Collared-Doves, like House Finches before them, are now found in
> conjunction with humans in every county of South Carolina. Just watch your
> feeder. They're coming.
>
> Robin Carter
> Columbia, SC
> rcarter@sc.rr.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben/Lucy Smith" <blsmith@awod.com>
> To: "Carolinabirds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 5:21 PM
> Subject: Re: Expansion of Eurasian Collared-Doves
>
>
> > Carolina Birders:
> >
> > My son-in-law participatd in a Dove hunt on Sept.1 in a rural area near
> > Bishopville, Lee County, SC.  This county is a little over half way
> > between Columbia and Darlington.  He reported that there were at least
> > three Collared-Doves killed during the hunt.  I was surprised to hear
> > this since most of the reports of these birds are from urban and
> > suburban locations.  Does anyone know whether the SCDNR is monitoring
> > these hunts in order to take note of the number taken?
> >
> > Also would like to know if any tracking has been done to determine the
> > extent to which Mourning Doves from urban/suburban areas join the large
> > flocks of their rural cousins each fall.
> > Ben Smith
> > Mt. Pleasant, SC
> > Charleston County
> > blsmith@awod.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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