My husband, Roy, & I were in Belvidere, TN (Franklin Co) at the general store and on the way to the car, we heard the familiar call/song of the eurasian collared dove on Wed Dec 29. We were unable to visually confirm since the direction of the call was in the yard of the homes across the street. We are very familiar with the bird and its call since we frequent Florida for birding evry two years or so. It was a surprise, since Belvidere is very rural and not what we consider the habitat we imagine the bird to be seen. Friday, Dec 31, Roy was accompanying a friend to Tullahoma and saw two more eurasian collared doves along the railroad track (Washington St- west of 1st Bapt Church parking lot)...this is in Coffee Co. I have seen collared doves in Smyrna, etc but have yet to have seen/hear them that close to our home in Normandy. Melissa Turrentine Normandy TN Bedford Co =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================