[TN-Bird] Collared Dove update

I went back to the substation about 6:45 this morning in Smyrna to see what the 
roost of Eurasian Collared Doves was like.  I was amazed to have a maximum 
count of 169 collared doves!!  There were a couple Mourning Doves in there too. 
 A Kestrel flew through a couple times and got them all stirred up and about 
7:10 this morning they were pretty well dispersed and flying away in all 
directions, presumably to forage for the day.  By 8 am there were only a couple 
birds around.  There is a scrubby area next to the substation, where I 
birded/shot photos of other birds for an hour or so, otherwise I wouldn't have 
been at the substation watching collared doves all morning.

Cheers,
  Scott Somershoe

State Ornithologist
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
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