[TN-Bird] Strange pairings - Doves and Flycatchers

July 22, 2006
President's Island and Frayser
Memphis, Shelby Co. TN
 
On President's Island, the female Scissor-tailed Flycatcher sits tight on  
her second nesting but the big surprise was finding and photographing what  
appeared to be another Morning/Eurasian Collared-Dove hybrid. The bird was the  
size and color of a Morning Dove but was marked like a Collared-Dove!! This is  
the third such hybrid dove I've found on President's Island. The grain  
storage facilities strewn all around this huge area, makes it a hot bed of  
dove 
activity with thousands present at any given time.
 
In northwest Memphis, the female Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and the  Western 
Kingbird pair are feeding at least 2 young. I spent a lot of time  watching 
them and got a few photos of both at the nest, feeding the young and  carrying 
off fecal sacks.
 
You just never know, so much for sex in the city.............  
Good Birding  !!!

Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6298 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135



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