[TN-Bird] Re: Eurasian Collared Doves in Smyrna

In a message dated 7/28/2008 7:23:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Scott.Somershoe@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I've seen and heard more collared doves this year than ever, but that is 
still hearing one bird here and there and seeing an occasional pair, which is 
more 
than the one pair I knew of in town.  The number of birds was startling, at 
least for me.  

For several months, I have reported the Eurasian collared doves at my feeder 
here in the Charlotte Park section of West Nashville.  It started with one, 
then it brought a second one.  Apparently, they mated and nested "somewhere" 
close.  I now have at least six most of the time.  When they are not feeding at 
Dee's Smorgabird ON the deck, they are quite often perched in the hackberry 
tree behind my deck.  They sure "scarf down" the bird seed!  These birds have 
been being seen in my neighborhood for several years, but this is the first 
year 
that they have made MY deck their apparent "primary" feeding zone.
 
This morning, female RT hummingbirds are giving me a thrill before I have to 
leave for a doctor's appointment.
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN



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