Does anyone know if there have been Eurasian collared doves in Murfreesboro (specifically in the area of Miller Coliseum)? Sunday morning, when I had horse shows on my mind and not birds, I was driving on to their property and looking at all the mourning doves along the gravel road and horse pastures. I remember very clearly thinking "well, a couple of these mourning doves are not at all the right color and they're bigger than the others too" but then was distracted by the horse show and forgot all about it until I was home that night. They were definitely larger and lighter colored than the usual mourning dove and I'm almost certain they were Eurasian collared doves, but have not had a chance to go back out there and look around. Rachel Brenner Nashville, TN =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================