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Re: Eurasian Collared Dove



Robin and collared dove fans,

The collared doves sure were a dominant species
in Worcestershire,UK when I was there this February.
I lke them, though, for their assocation with peace and as a symbol of
mother and fertility goddesses.

Steve Compton
<scompton@sc.rr.com>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Carter" <rcarter@sc.rr.com>
To: <Burnetted@aol.com>
Cc: "CarolinaBirds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: Eurasian Collared Dove


> Eurasian Collared-Doves have become downright common along most of the
South
> Carolina coast, and a relatively easy to find at many place inland as
well,
> even in the Piedmont. Within 10 years we will be saying, "it's just a
> collared dove".  Just ask any European birder. They will be found all over
> very soon.
>
> Robin Carter
> Columbia, SC
> rcarter@sc.rr.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Burnetted@aol.com>
> To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 7:11 PM
> Subject: Eurasian Collared Dove
>
>
> > Carolina Birders:
> >
> > In case there is anyone out there who is still keeping up with where
> Eurasian
> > Collared Doves are in the Carolinas, I thought that you might want to
know
> > that two colonies in coastal South Carolina, at Bennett's Point (near
Bear
> > Island WMA) and Edisto Beach State Park (south of Charleston), are alive
> and
> > well. At Bennett's Point there was a pair copulating (my face is red),
> thus
> > proving their desire to perpetuate the species on the SC coast. The
Edisto
> > birds were doing their best to impersonate Mourning Doves (which were
> scarce)
> > in the campground and picnic areas. I had not known of this colony
> previous
> > to our visit there on April 19th.
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> > Dennis Burnette
> > Greensboro. NC
> > burnetted@aol.com
>
>