[bcbirdclub] Eurasian Collared-Dove - Claytor Lake
- From: Herdfanmark@xxxxxxx
- To: bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, blueridgebirders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, NRVBirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 20:32:08 EST
Greetings,
I saw this bird about 10:00, it left and than returned
about an hour later and was in the neighbor hood for a couple of hours. The
first time I saw this species here was on 6-27-2003 when I saw 2 adult birds,
then on 5-4-2007 I saw another adult, and now this bird. It did not really
associate much with the Mourning Doves which were present, but kept off to
itself & never did actually come to feed with the other birds but stayed
on the other side of the fence in my neighbor's yard.
Stan Bentley and I birded some this past Tuesday and while
in the Belspring area we looked for and found a large winter flock of this
species at the normal feeders that they frequent there. We counted 35- 40
birds in this group, the leucistic bird found there last year was not seen.
It appears that this colony is well established and flourishing. I have
seen a few reports of these birds elsewhere - but to my knowledge this is the
largest colony of Eurasian Collared-Doves in the state, if not the region.
For those interested -see the attached photo of the bird which I saw today.
Good Birding
Mark Mullins
Claytor Lake, Va
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