[va-bird] help with a cold dove

Hello all,

I'm soliciting your help with a situation a relative is having with a white 
dove up near Pittsburgh, PA (I'm sorry, I know it's not VA, but I thought you 
folks might have some ideas on this).

Back in June, what appears to be a white dove came to the house (in 
Pittsburgh).  It doesn't have any tags on it and it is mostly white with a 
couple of brown spots.  Their assumption was that it came from a wedding (one 
that might have released doves).  The bird doesn't affiliate with other doves 
and is at least twice their size; similar in size to a pigeon.  It has lived 
since then on the back porch of the house - up in the eves.

The birds on this page were the only photographic hint of what this bird looked 
like, so I will pass this along as well:  
http://geocities.com/bluegrizz/wedding_2.htm

But, it's getting really cold in Pittsburgh, and the relatives are getting 
concerned that he will freeze to death.  So, their questions are:

- Will it freeze to death if they shoo him away?
- Should they build a shelter/coop?  If so, how would they do that? 
- It poops a lot all over the porch - is their a solution to that?

Please respond off the listserv to me at "grebe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx".
Thanks!
- Renee Grebe
  Alexandria, VA

 
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