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RE: Collard Dove history
- To: medxam@onslowonline.net, Jack Dozier <jdozier@nettally.com>
- Subject: RE: Collard Dove history
- From: "Gibeau, Stu" <Stu.Gibeau@afccc.af.mil>
- Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 13:56:36 -0400
- Cc: Shantanu Phukan <phukan@email.unc.edu>,Carolina Birds <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
I wonder how they taste with collard greens!
Stu Gibeau
Black Mountain, NC
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles L Garrett [mailto:medxam@onslowonline.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 1:53 PM
To: Jack Dozier
Cc: Shantanu Phukan; Carolina Birds
Subject: Re: Collard Dove history
Shantanu is completely southern now. He calls them collard doves, too.
Buddy
Jack Dozier wrote:
> At 08:41 PM 5/21/03 -0400, Shantanu Phukan wrote:
>
>> Can someone who knows the how's and wherefores of the Eurasian Collared
>> Doves in North America tell us a little about just how they came to
>> be on
>> this continent (was it a deliberate or accidental introduction or did
>> they
>> wing it on their own?).
>
>
> They were introduced into the Islands, and then made it to S FL/ Key
> Largo area on their own. Back in the last half of the 1970's. Stayed
> static for a couple of years or so, and then BOOM!
>
> Interestingly, they are people-loving creatures, frequenting towns,
> populated areas, and also farm feed lots. Not frequently seen in open
> fields the way Mourning Doves are, thus saving themselves from the
> hunters. Seldom are they shot in my rural area, although they are not
> protected by hunting regulations. Most hunters I know (including
> myself) don't consider them good fun game due to their slow flight,
> and the fact they hang so close to human habitation. Kind of like
> Rock Doves.
>
>
> Jack Dozier
> Alligator Pt., FL
> jdozier@nettally.com
>
>
>
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