Mark, Michael, Tweeters, and Inland Birders,

On March 17, 2000, a EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE was reported by Frank
Conley at his feeder in Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon. Frank has had
a number of MOURNING DOVES visiting his feeder as well.
The Joseph sighting was reported to OBOL on the evening of the
17th by Craig Corder of Hermiston, OR. I meant to forward this info to
Tweeters and Inland Birders, but forgot until today. Anyway, it looks
quite possible that Mark's bird on the Spokane CBC could have been
wild, in view of the species' explosive range expansion.
Craig, do you know if the Joseph bird was seen again after March
17th?

Sincerely,

Wayne C. Weber
Kamloops, B.C.
wayne_weber at bc.sympatico.ca



-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Hobbs <Hummer at isomedia.com>
To: MarkJHoust at aol.com <MarkJHoust at aol.com>; tweeters at u.washington.edu
<tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: Eurasian Collared Dove


>The latest issue of WOSNews, the bimonthly newsletter of the
Washington
>Ornithological Society, has a brief article and photo reporting a
sighting of a
>Eurasian Collared Dove by Mike and MerryLynn Denny. They saw the
bird in
>College Place, Walla Walla county, on January 11, 1996. They, too,
were
>spurred to report this bird by the article in Birders' World.
>
>The photo can be viewed at http://www.wos.org/WNComp65.htm
>
>== Michael Hobbs
>== Washington Ornithological Society webmaster
>== http://www.wos.org
>== email: WOSweb at wos.org
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <MarkJHoust at aol.com>
>To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 6:16 PM
>Subject: Eurasian Collared Dove
>
>
>> During the Spokane Christmas Count a couple of other birders and I
saw a
>> Eurasian Collared Dove. It was sitting on a power line in a
residential
>> area. We noted the field marks that separated it from a Ringed
Turtle Dove,
>> made a note of it, and agreed we weren't too concerned about how
the sighting
>> would be treated by compiler(s). There was little doubt in our
mind at the
>> time that the bird was an escapee. I was under the impression that
the
>> species was expanding its range rapidly in the Southeast, but had
not been
>> seen anywhere near here as a wild bird. Last night I learned that
a recent
>> issue of Birder's World magazine featured the species, and if my
information
>> is correct has been recorded in both the Dakota's, Montana, and
Oregon.
>> Apparently the Oregon record has been accepted. So now I am
wondering if we
>> might have seen a wild bird, and if I should send a report in.
Anyone out
>> there have more info and/or comments on the situation?
>>
>> Mark Houston
>> Spokane
>>
>
>