Subject: [Tweeters] Eurasian Collared-Dove Digiscope pics
Date: Feb 11 15:19:46 2013
From: casper4x4 at comcast.net - casper4x4 at comcast.net


This afternoon I saw 6 dove looking birds in the top of a young fir in a neighborhood in Olympia north of St Pete's hospital. After looking at them with my binoculars, I was intrigued enough to pull out my spotting scope. My first thought is Eurasian Collared-Dove. I've seen them with my parents (avid bird watchers who live in Chattanooga, TN), but am unaware how rarely they are seen this far north west. I didn't see anything else that looked similar in Peterson's "Western Birds" and the Seattle Audubon Society's website says several hundred have been recorded in Washington since 2005. SAS also says they're invasive so my sighting of 6 may not be reason for celebration.


So what say ye?


http://s454.beta.photobucket.com/user/Peapod1313/media/Birds/IMG_20130211_141610.jpg.html
http://s454.beta.photobucket.com/user/Peapod1313/media/Birds/IMG_20130211_140520.jpg.html


Blake & Janelle Wilkerson
Tumwater, WA
casper4x4 at comcast.net