[wisb] Re: Eur. Collared Dove in Pardeeville
- From: "Carl Schwartz" <cschwartz3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <p.g6schwalbe@xxxxxxxxx>, "Birdnet, Wis" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:57:21 -0500
Their first documented nesting site in Wisconsin was atop the grain elevator
that used to stand in downtown Arlington, just north of Hwy 60.
Carl Schwartz
Milwaukee County
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Schwalbe" <p.g6schwalbe@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Birdnet, Wis" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 4:25 PM
Subject: [wisb] Eur. Collared Dove in Pardeeville
> Dear Birders:
> We had a surprise this morning out our kitchen window! There is a deep
> overhang
> behind our garage, and we have a couple of small platforms, about 4 X 5
> inches,
> attached under the ceiling or on a beam for phoebes, finches and robins,
> which
> are used.
>
> Of all things, this morning we saw these two largish birds flying around
> inspecting
> the area. They both landed on one of the platforms and we could get a
> good
> look
> at them, and they were Eurasian Collared Doves, a pair! Then they flew
> off. An
> American Robin is currently building a nest on the very platform they were
> on.
>
> We didn't know if they built nest on building structures, but they do. C.
> S. Roselaar,
> in the Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa,
> Stanley
> Camp, Ed., 350, Vol IV, says in reference to their nest site: " . . .
> occasionally on
> pylon, ledge of building, or in roof trough or guttering . . ."
>
> Interesting! We hope they come back.
>
> Good birding................. Paul & Glenna
>
> --
> Paul & Glenna Schwalbe
> Pardeeville, Columbia Co.
>
>
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