Subject: [Tweeters] King County Eurasian Collared-Dove bonanza
Date: Oct 21 22:12:25 2009
From: Guy McWethy - lguy_mcw at yahoo.com


> Hey Tweets,
> I happened to be going thru Enumclaw, so I did a follow-up
> on Matt's Follow-up.? ;)
>
> Just north of the deGroot Farm, at 42923 208th Ave, there
> were at least 20 EURASIAN COLLARED
> DOVES.???Skulking a bit in a tree between a
> cow paddock and the house, and going down the paddock to
> feed.
> Quite a number, and they looked pretty settled in ...
>
> Guy McWethy
> Renton, WA
> mailto: lguy_mcw at yahoo.com
>
>
> --- On Sun, 10/18/09, mattxyz at earthlink.net
> <mattxyz at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
> > From: mattxyz at earthlink.net
> <mattxyz at earthlink.net>
> > Subject: [Tweeters] King County Eurasian Collared-Dove
> bonanza
> > To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> > Date: Sunday, October 18, 2009, 3:45 PM
> > Tweets -
> > This morning I decided to follow up on a June report
> from
> > Eric Warner of possible Eurasian Collared Doves near
> > Enumclaw. Though they've popped up here & there in
> King
> > Co over the past few years, there hasn't been a
> reliable
> > spot to look as in most other counties.
> >
> > Well, today I think I can say I hit the jackpot with
> a
> > bonanza of Eurasian Collared-Doves [that's the agreed
> upon
> > phrasing, right?] -- Just a little north of SR 164,
> west of
> > Enumclaw, on 208th St., I had at least 10 EUCD around
> the
> > deGroot farm. They were hanging out in the conifers
> and on
> > the power poles, flying around enough to make a solid
> count
> > difficult. I had at least 10, but I wouldn't be
> surprised if
> > the number was a good bit more.
> >
> > The initial reports were from 196th, the next road to
> the
> > west, so perhaps they are not settled in a single spot
> just
> > yet.
> >
> > After a little leisurely birding around South Prairie
> > [couldn't find Charlie's Bluebirds] I headed down to
> > Commencement Bay for another shot at the Black-tailed
> Gull
> > -- no luck today in the couple hours I was there, but
> there
> > were still several folks keeping watch.
> >
> > Good birding,
> >
> > Matt Bartels
> > Seattle, WA