Dear Sandy and Tweeters,
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I am seeing the exact same thing here at my place in Skagit County, a pair at the feeder every day, one bird of which is considerably paler.
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Yours truly,

Gary Bletsch

Near Lyman, Washington (Skagit County), USA

garybletsch at yahoo.com

"Nun," sagte ich, "wenn ich ein Taugenichts bin, so ist's gut, so will ich in die Welt gehen, und mein Glueck machen." Und eigentlich war mir das recht lieb, denn es war mir kurz vorher selber eingefallen, auf Reisen zu gehen, da ich die Goldammer, welche im Herbst und Winter immer betruebt an unserm Fenster sang: "Bauer, miet' mich, Bauer, miet' mich!" nun in der schoenen Fruehlingszeit wieder ganz stolz und lustig vom Baume rufen hoerte: "Bauer, behalt' deinen Dienst!"


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> From: Aquila Chrysaetos <ladyhawk707 at msn.com>
>To: "tweeters at u.washington.edu" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 9:02 PM
>Subject: [Tweeters] Variant Eur. Collared Dove
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>Tweeters,
>The presumed female of a pair of Eurasian Collared-Doves that visit my yard appears lighter colored to the naked eye than its mate.? Were it a? Ringed Turtle/Ring-necked Dove, I believe it would be called pied or pied fawn.? It has many pale buffy or white spotches over most of its body and its tail is lighter colored.
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>Sandy Daniels, Enumclaw Plateau
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