Re: Eurasian collared-doves, great-tailed grackles, and white-winged doves

["John Morgan" <jmorgan480 at comcast dot net>]

Doesn't bother me in the least. Brings the potential of something at my 
feeders other than House Finches and Mourning Doves.
J
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "L. D. Giddings" <seldom74@xmission.com>
To: "birdtalk" <birdtalk@utahbirds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 9:23 PM
Subject: Eurasian collared-doves, great-tailed grackles, and 
white-winged doves


> Those of you upset by the progress of Eurasian collared-doves into the 
> state should not read my next sentence. I observed a flock of 26 Eurasian 
> collared-doves in a feedlot in southeast Monticello at 8:15 a.m. this 
> morning. I also observed a total of seven Eurasian collared-doves in Bluff 
> later this afternoon. Also in Bluff, a flock of 42 great-tailed grackles 
> was observed at about 4 p.m. I should say that I counted 42 birds, but 
> when they flushed it was obvious that I had undercounted the flock by 
> 50-100%. I'd guess the actual number of birds in the flock was between 
> 75-100. And finally, two white-winged doves were observed in Bluff late 
> this afternoon. They were spotted in the same place as the lone dove I 
> observed in October, making me wonder if perhaps these are resident birds.
>
> Lu Giddings
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